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Timeline of Key Events

How to use this timeline:
Do NOT memorize all of these dates – it’s time consuming and won’t be on your exam!
DO make sure to understand of all these events. If you can answer the questions below for each,
you’re in good shape!
What is important to know about this event?
What caused this event?
What effect did this event have on history?

Neolithic Revolution – 8000 BC

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Rise of River Valley Civilizations – 2500 BC
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Persian Empire – 550 BC
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Golden Age of Periclean Athens – 461 BC
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Asoka Mauryan unifies India – 269 BC
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Qin Empire unifies China – 221 BC
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Han Empire unifies China – 141 BC
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Pax Romana – 27 BC
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Crucifixion of Jesus Christ – 29 AD
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Migration of Bantu-Speaking Peoples – 100 AD
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Jewish Diaspora – 132 AD
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Division of Roman Empire – 285 AD
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Gupta Empire in India – 320 AD
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Golden Age of Aksum – 350 AD
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Fall of Western Roman Empire – 476 AD
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Justinian Rules Byzantium – 527 AD
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Muhammad makes hijrah from Mecca to Medina – 622 AD
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Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor – 800 AD
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Golden Age of Kingdom of Ghana – 800 AD
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Golden Age of Umayyad and Abbasid Empires – 1000 AD
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Creation of the Shogunate in Japan – 1192
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Pope Urban II calls for Crusades – 1195 AD
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Rise of Ghenghis Khan – 1209 AD
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King John signs Magna Carta – 1215 AD
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Kingdom of Mali conquers Ghana– 1235 AD
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 Aztecs build Tenochtítlan – 1325 AD
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Ibn Battuta travels Islamic Empire – 1352 AD
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Last voyage of Zheng He – 1433 AD
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Constantinople conquered by Turks – 1453 AD
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End of Hundred Years War – 1453 AD
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End of Inquisition and Reconquista – 1492 AD
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Treaty of Tordesillas – 1494 AD
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High Renaissance – 1500 AD
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Golden Age of Incan Empire – 1500 AD
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Reformation Begins – 1517 AD
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Suleiman the Lawgiver rules Ottomans – 1520 AD
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Henry VIII creates Anglican Church – 1529 AD
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Pizarro conquers Incas – 1533 AD
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Council of Trent – 1563 AD
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Japan officially declares a “closed country policy” – 1637 AD