75 Important Dates for AP World History – Flashcards
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Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
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~8,000 BCE
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Rise of Mesopotamian Civilization
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~3500 BCE
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Rise of Egyptian Civilization
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~3100 BCE
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Rise of Indus Valley Civilization
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~2600 BCE
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King Hammurabi Created Law Code
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~1775 BCE
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Rise of Shang Dynasty
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1750 BCE
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Rise of Zhou Dynasty
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1027 BCE
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Rise of La Venta (Olmecs) and Chavin Civilization
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900 BCE
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Life of Buddha, Confucius, Socrates ("The Axial Age")
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5th-6th Century BCE
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Greek-Persian Wars
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499-480 BCE
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Warring States Period in China
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480-221 BCE
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Mauryan Empire
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324-184 BCE
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Alexander the Great Died
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323 BCE
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Qin Dynasty (Shi Huangdi-China become China)
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221-206 BCE
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Han Dynasty
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206 BCE- 220 CE
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Pax Romana
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20 BCE-180 CE
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Life of Jesus
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4 BCE- 29 CE
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Mayan Classic Period
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250-900 CE
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Gupta Empire
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320-550 CE
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Fall of Western Roman Empire
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476 CE
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Sui Dynasty
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581-618 CE
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Life of Muhammad (Islam Founded)
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570-632 CE
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Tang Dynasty
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618-907 CE
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Umayyad Caliphate
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661-750 CE
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The Battle of Tours (Europeans defeat Muslim Moors)
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732 CE
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Abbasid Dynasty
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750-1258 CE
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Charlemagne Crowned by Pope
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800 CE
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Song Dynasty
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960-1279 CE
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The Great Schism in Christianity
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1054 CE
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Battle of Hastings (Norman Invasion of England)
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1066 CE
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The Crusades
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1095-1291 CE
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Delhi Sultanate
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1206-1526 CE
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Beginning of Mongol Conquests
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1211 CE
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Yuan Dynasty
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1279-1368 CE
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Mansa Musa's Reign in Mali Began
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1307 CE
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Black Death in Europe
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1347-1351 CE
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Aztec Empire
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1325-1521 CE
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Ming Dynasty
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1368-1644 CE
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Zheng He's Voyages
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1405-1433 CE
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Incan Empire
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1438-1533 CE
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The Renaissance in Europe
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~1450-1600 CE
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Fall of Constantinople
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1453 CE
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The Reconquista (Spain unified)
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1492 CE
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First Voyage of Columbus
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1492 CE
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Beginning of Protestant Reformation
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1517 CE
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Rise of Mughal Empire
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1526 CE
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Tokugawa Shogunate
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1600-1867 CE
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Qing Dynasty
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1644-1911 CE
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The Enlightenment in Europe
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~1650-1800
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Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
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1750 CE
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American Revolution
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1775-1781 CE
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French Revolution
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1789-1799 CE
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Rule of Napoleon Bonaparte
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1799-1814 CE
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End of British Slave Trade
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1807 CE
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Wars for Independence in Latin America
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1810-1825 CE
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Karl Marx Published the "Communist Manisfesto"
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1848 CE
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Abolition of Slavery in the U.S.
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1865 CE
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Meiji Restoration in Japan
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1868 CE
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Berlin Conference
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1884-1885 CE
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Mexican Revolution
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1910-1920 CE
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Chinese Revolution (end of Chinese dynastic rule)
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1911-1912 CE
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World War I
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1914-1918 CE
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Bolshevik Revolutions in Russia
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1917 CE
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Influenza Pandemic
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1918-1919 CE
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Beginning of the Great Depression
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1929 CE
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World War II
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1939-1945 CE
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Independence Movements in Africa Begin
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1945 CE
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Partition of India
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1947 CE
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Creation of Israel
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1948 CE
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Mao Zedong Established the People's Republic of China
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1949 CE
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Korean War
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1950-1953 CE
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Vietnam War
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1959-1975 CE
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Iran-Iraq War
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1980-1988 CE
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Fall of Berlin Wall
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1989 CE
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Fall of the Soviet Union (End of Cold War)
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1991 CE
