APWH “Must-Know” Dates
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Foundations (8000 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.) 1. ____ 8000 B.C.E. 2. ____ 3000 B.C.E.
A. Alexander the Great B. Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes C. Beginnings of Christianity
3. ____ 1300 B.C.E. 4. ____ 6th century B.C.E. 5. ____ 5th C B.C.E. 6. ____ 323 B.C.E. 7. ____ 221 B.C.E.
D. Beginnings of agriculture E. Beginnings of Bronze Age - and early civilizations F. end of Han Dynasty G. end of Pax Romana H. Fall of Rome I. Greek Golden Age - philosophers, etc.
8. ____ 32 C.E.
J. Iron Age
9. ____ 180 C.E.
K. Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire
10. ____ 220 C.E.
L. life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim)
11. ____ 333
M. Qin unified China
12. ____ 4th C 13. ____ 476 14. ____ 527
N. Roman capital moved to Constantinople
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APWH “Must-Know” Dates 600-1450
1. ____ 632 2. ____ 732 3. ____ 1054
A. 1st Schism in Christian Church B. 1st Crusade C. Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)
4. ____ 1066
D. Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantium)
5. ____ 1071
E. Bubonic plague in Europe
6. ____ 1095
F. end of Zheng He’s voyages G. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage
7. ____ 1258 8. ____ 1271-1295 9. ____ 1324
H. Marco Polo travels I. Mongols sack Baghdad J. Norman conquest of England K. Rise of Ottomans
10. ____ 1325-1349 11. ____ 1347-1348 12. ____ 1433
L. Rise of Islam M. travels of Ibn Battuta
APWH “Must-Know” Dates
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1450-1750 1. ____ 1453
A. 30 years war
2. ____ 1488
B. Battle of Sekigahara - unification of Japan - beginning of Tokugawa rule
3. ____ 1492
C. Battle of Lepanto (defeat of Ottoman Navy)
4. ____ 1502
D. Columbus / Reconquista of Spain E. Cortez conquered the Aztecs
5. ____ 1517 6. ____ 1521 7. ____ 1533
F. defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British G. Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope H. foundation of Jamestown I. Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
8. ____ 1571 9. ____ 1588 10. ____ 1600
J. Martin Luther/95 theses K. Ottomans capture Constantinople L. Pizarro toppled the Inca M. 1st Slaves to Americas
11. ____ 1607 12. ____ 1618-1648 13. ____ 1683 14. ____ 1689 15. ____ 1699
N. Treaty of Horowitz O. unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
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APWH “Must-Know” Dates 1750-1914
1. ____ 1756-1763 2. ____ 1776
A. 1st opium war in China B. 7 years war/French and Indian War C. American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations
3. ____ 1789 4. ____ 1804 5. ____ 1815
D. Berlin Conference - division of Africa E. Boer War - British in control of South Africa F. Chinese Revolution / End of Dynastic China G. Commodore Perry opens Japan
6. ____ 1820s 7. ____ 1839 8. ____ 1848 9. ____ 1853 10. ____ 1857
H. Congress of Vienna I. Emancipation Proclamation in US J. end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification K. European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto L. French Revolution begins M. German unification
11. ____ 1861 12. ____ 1863 13. ____ 1871
N. Haitian independence O. Independence in Latin America P. Mexican Revolution Q. Russo-Japanese war
14. ____ 1885 15. ____ 1898 16. ____ 1899-1902 17. ____ 1905 18. ____ 1910 -1920 19. ____ 1911
R. Sepoy Mutiny S. Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippine, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico
APWH “Must-Know” Dates 1914-Present 1. ____ 1914
A. 1st Palestinian Intifada
2. ____ 1917
B. 6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution
3. ____ 1919 4. ____ 1929 5. ____ 1931
C. 9/11 D. birth of Israel E. Chinese Communist Revolution F. Cuban Revolution
6. ____ 1935
G. Cuban missile crisis
7. ____ 1939
H. de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal
8. ____ 1941
I. end of WWII
9. ____ 1945 10. ____ 1947 11. ____ 1948
J. fall of USSR/1st Gulf war K. genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa L. German blitzkrieg in Poland M. independence & partition of India
12. ____ 1949
N. Iranian Revolution
13. ____ 1950-1953
O. Italian invasion of Ethiopia
14. ____ 1954
P. Japanese invasion of Manchuria
15. ____ 1956 16. ____ 1959 17. ____ 1962
Q. Korean War R. Pearl Harbor S. Russian Revolution T. stock market crash
18. ____ 1967
U. Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall
19. ____ 1973
V. Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI
20. ____ 1979
W. Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
21. ____ 1987 22. ____ 1989 23. ____ 1991 24. ____ 1994 25. ____ 2001
X. WWI begins Y. Yom Kippur war
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