AP World History

Beginning of Portuguese exploration of West African coast Christian reconquest of Spain from Muslims completed Beginning of Pastoral economics Begining of horseback riding Failed Mongol attack on Japan failed mongol attack on japan Mongol ruler of Persia converts to islam Collaspe of western Roman empire Charlemange crowned as new roman emperor Conversion of Kievan Rus to Christianity Mutual excommunication of pope and patriarch Quran completed Battle of Talas River Baghdad established as capital of Abbasid caliphate Crusaders seize Jerusalem Delhi sultanate established in India Mongols sack Baghdad; formal end of Abbasid caliphate Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca Ottoman Empire conquers Constantinople; end of Byzantine Empire Trung sisters’ rebellion against China in Vietnam Seventeen Article Constitution in Japan Withdrawal of Chinese military forces from Korea Suppression of Buddhism in China First printed book in China Vietnam establishes independence from China Invention of gunpowder in China; beginning of foot binding The Tale of Genji (Japan) Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt Spread of Buddhism to Central Asian cities and northern China All-water route opened between India and China Ibn Battuta visits West Africa Nubian conquest of Egypt Initial settlement of New Zealand Imperial academy for training Chinese officials established Spartacus slave rebellion in italy Eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii Yellow Turban Rebellion in China Collapse of Han; Loosening of restrictions on elite Chinese women as Han dynasty collapsed Slavery replaced by serfdom in the Roman world Founding of the Roman Republic Epic of Gilgamesh compiled Abandonment of Indus Valley cities Beginnings of Olmec civilization Babylonian conquest of Judah Egypt and Mesopotamia incorporated into Persian Empire Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into Europe Extinction of large mammals in Australia Extinction of Neanderthals Extinction of large mammals in North America First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Russia emerges from Mongol rule Treaty of Tordesillas divides the Americas between Spain and Portugal Safavid Empire established in Persia/Iran Mughal Empire established in India Ottoman siege of Vienna First Portuguese plantations in Brazil Russian expansion across Siberia begins Spanish takeover of Philippines begins Jamestown, Virginia: first permanent English settlement in Americas French colony established in Quebec Second Ottoman siege of Vienna Fragmentation of Mughal Empire First European export of slaves from West Africa Columbus reaches the Americas Vasco da Gama reaches India Founding of Potosí as silver mining town in Bolivia Beginning of silver shipments from Mexico to Manila British begin military conquest of India Bartolomeu Dias' voyage around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean Establishment of Portuguese trading post in Calicut, India Establishment of Batavia by the Dutch on the island of Java Ottoman conquest of Constantinople Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses; beginning of Protestant Reformation Publication of Copernicus’s masterwork about a sun-centered universe Taki Onqoy movement in Peru Edict of Nantes proclaiming religious toleration in France European missionaries expelled from Japan Missionaries lost favor in the Chinese court Beginnings of antislavery movement End of slave trade in British Empire Brazil gains independence from Portugal Women’s Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York Emancipation of serfs in Russia Women gain the vote in United States Early steam engine in Britain Beginning of British Industrial Revolution Locomotives first used to haul coal in England Reform Bill gives vote to middle-class men in England Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto Beginning of railroad building in Argentina, Cuba, Chile, Brazil Freeing of serfs in Russia Rapid growth of U.S. industrialization Takeoff of Japanese industrialization Opening of transcontinental railroad across United States Unification of Germany Rapid growth of Russian industrialization Failed revolution in Russia Russian Revolution Initial British settlement of Australia Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt Beginning of major British settlement in New Zealand Opening of Suez Canal United States acquires the Philippines from Spain and annexes Hawaii Japan annexes Korea Chinese reject British requests for open trade Famine and rebellions in Japan Admiral Perry arrives in Japan Meiji Restoration in Japan Ethiopian defeat of Italy preserves Ethiopia’s independence Young Turk takeover in Ottoman Empire Bolshevik Revolution in Russia; United States enters World War I Treaty of Versailles ending World War I; founding of Nazi Party Treaty of Sèvres, dissolving the Ottoman Empire Mussolini comes to power in Italy Beginning of Great Depression Hitler assumes power in Germany Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; United Nations created European Economic Community established European Union established Introduction of the euro Founding of Chinese Communist Party Communist triumph in China Cuban Revolution Cuban missile crisis Prague Spring: communist reform movement in Czechoslovakia Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe Disintegration of Soviet Union Fidel Castro steps down as leader of communist Cuba United States proposes to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica Ming Dynasty in China Conquests in Tudor Chinese Maritime voyages Inca Empire along the Indes Portuguese entry into the Indian Ocean world Xiongnu Empire Various Turkic empires Arab empire Conversion of Turkic peoples to Islam Almoravid Empire Life of Chinggis Khan Mongol rule in China Mongol rule in Russia Mongol attacks on Eastern Europe High point of black death in europe Introduction of Chritianity to Nubia Justinian rules byzantine empire icon controversy in byzantine Crusaders in the Islamic world Translations of Greek and Arab works available in Europe Black Death in Europe Life of Muhammad Era of Rightly Guided Caliphs Muslim conquest of Persia Civil War Emergence of Sunni/Shia split Umayyad caliphate Conquest of Spain High point of Abbasid caliphate Emergence of Sufism Early state building in Korea Buddhism takes root in China Sui dynasty and the reunification of China Tang Dynasty in China Heian period in Japanese history Song dynasty in China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Chinese monopoly on silk production broken Rise of islam Srivijaya kingdom Khmer kingdom of Angkor Swahili civilization along East African coast Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Kingdom of Zimbabwe in southeastern Africa Marco Polo in China Aztec and Inca empires facilitate commercial exchange in the Americas Lapita culture in Oceania Chavín religious movement in Peruvian Andes Kingdom of Meroë in upper Nile Valley Niger Valley civilization in West Africa Hopewell “mound-building” culture in U.S. eastern woodlands Flourishing of Axum (East Africa) and Moche (coastal Peru) civilizations; spread of Bantu-speaking people in eastern and southern Africa Classical Maya cilization Flourishing of Teotihuacán Introduction of Christianity to Axum Tiwanaku and Wari in the Andes Chaco culture in U.S. Southwest Cahokia Saudeleur dynasty on island of Pohnpei Life of Aspasia in Athens Poetry of Buddhist nuns set to writing Laws of Manu prescribing proper social behavior in India Reforming emperor Wang Mang in power in China Life of Ban Zhao in China Empress Wu reigned in China Upanishads composed Hebrew prophets (Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah) Life of Zarathustra Emergence of Greek rationalism Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi Jewish exile in Babylon Achaemenid dynasty in Persia; state support for Zoroastrianism Age of warring states in China Life of Socrates Qin dynasty in China Life of Jesus Life of Paul Christianity becomes state religion of Roman Empire, Armenia, Axum Era of Greek City-States Persian Achaemenid Empire Major battles between Persians and Greeks Golden Age of Athens Peloponnesian War Reign of Alexander the Great ndia’s Mauryan dynasty empire China’s Han dynasty empire High point of Roman Empire Transition from republic to empire in Rome India’s Gupta dynasty empire Collapse of western Roman Empire Beginnings of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Norte Chico civilizations Nubian kingdom of Ta-Seti Period of independent Sumerian city-states Old Kingdom Egypt (high point of pharaoh’s power and pyramid building) Beginnings of Chinese, Indus Valley, and Central Asian (Oxus) civilizations Xia dynasty in China (traditionally seen as first dynasty of Chinese history) Babylonian Empire Reign of Hammurabi New Kingdom Egypt Kush conquest of Egypt Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Beginnings of Mirgration out of Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into the Americas Cave art in Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Earliest agricultural revolutions Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Songhai empire in West Africa Spanish conquest of Aztec Empire Spanish conquest of Inca Empire Chinese expansion into Inner Asia Beginning of Portuguese voyages along the coast of West Africa Russian conquest of Siberia British and Dutch East India companies established in Asia Peak of the transatlantic slave trade Life of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India Ferdinand Magellan's circumnnativation of the world Spanish conquest of the Phillipines Seven Years' War Captain James Cook's voyages in the Pacific Ocean Matteo Ricci in China Thirty Years’ War in Europe Life of Isaac Newton; culmination of European Scientific Revolution Enlightenment Wahhabi movement of Islamic reform in Arabia Life of Guru Nanak; beginning of Sikh tradition Life of Wang Yangming in China Life of Mirabai, bhakti poet of India Council of Trent North American Revolution French Revolution Haitian Revolution Execution of Louis XVI; the Terror in France Reign of Napoleon Hidalgo-Morelos rebellion in Mexico Latin American wars of independence Civil War and abolition of slavery in United States Unification of Germany and Italy Cuba and Brazil abolish slavery First International socialist organization in Europe Second International socialist organization in Europe Building of trans-Siberian railroad Mexican Revolution Indian Rebellion French conquest of Indochina Scramble for Africa Boer War in South Africa Completion of Dutch conquest of Indonesia Maji Maji rebellion in East Africa Spread of Christianity in non-Muslim Africa Gandhi’s leadership of Indian National Congress First Opium War in China Tanzimat reforms in the Ottoman Empire Taiping Uprising in China Second Opium War in China Japanese war against China Boxer Uprising in China Russo-Japanese War Chinese revolution; end of Qing dynasty Genocide in communist Cambodia Deng Xiaoping and beginnings of communist reforms in China Gorbachev reforms in USSR Economic contraction in the former Soviet Union and economic expansion in China Communist North Korea acquires nuclear weapons World War I Japan invades China, beginning World War II in Asia; Rape of Nanjing World War II; the Holocaust U.S. occupation of Japan Cold war Marshall Plan for Europe Stalin in power in Soviet Union Long March in China Imposition of communist regimes in Eastern Europe Korean War China’s Great Leap Forward and massive famine U.S.-Vietnam war China’s Cultural Revolution