World History Timeline

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Michaelangelo

Sistine Chapel, Pieta, David's Statue

Vienna

Site of 1814 Congress of Nations to redraw Europe's boundaries

Byzantine

Slavs, Kiev, Rurik, Vladimir, Tartars, Russia

Cold War

Stand-off between USA and USSR after WWII

Henry VIII

Started Reformation in England to get a divorce

WWI

The Great War 6-28-1914 to 11-11-1918

Nationalism

The drive for independence as a nation

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty against Germany to settle WWI

Enlightenment 1600-1800

V.

European Domination 1800-1900

VI.

American Leadership 1900-2000

VII.

Globalization 2000-Present

VIII.

Monroe Doctrine

Warning European countries to stay out of the western hemisphere

9/11

World Trade Towers in NYC attacked in 2001

Machiavelli

Wrote "The Prince" about politics

Bach

Wrote music for the church

Arameans

1000-800 BC Syria, crossroads, trade, Damascus, common language

Hebrews

1050-586 BC monotheistic, theocracy, united then divided kingdoms

Phonecians

1500-1000 BC alphabet, purple dye, merchants

Mycenean

1500-1200 BC commercial center of Aegean, Trojan wars

WWII

1941-1945 US involvement in war

Korean War

1950-53 conflict along the 38th parallel

Vietnam War

1964-75 US involvement in French Indochina

Hittites

2000-1000 BC iron ore and weapons, Heth, ruled by military

Amorites

2000-1500 BC Hammurabi, Epic of Gilgamesh

Minoan

2000-1500 BC ancient Greek civilization on Crete, Knossos was capital

Akkadians

2500-2000 BC Sargon, kind was above priests, defeated the city-states

Babel

3000 BC tower, people scattered, and language mixed

Egypt

3000-2500 BC Nile, pharaohs, 3 kingdom periods, pyramids

Sumerians

3500-2500 BC cuneiform, ziggurats, polytheistic, priest-ruled, small city-states

Greece

500-323 BC philosophy, art, humanities, Alexander the Great

Persia

539-400 BC Cyrus, let Israel return to land, Royal Road, Darius, Zoroastrianism

Babylon

612-539 BC Nebuchadnezzar, took over Jerusalem

Assyrians

800-612 BC Nineveh was capital, took over Israel

Martin Luther

95 Theses, first German Bible

France

Absolutism, especially Louis XIII and Louis XIV, then bloody revolution

Holy Roman Empire

Alliance between German Empire and the Catholic Church, conflicts, Otto the Great

FDR

American President during 1930s and WWII

England

Anglo-Saxon, William of Normandy, Magna Carta, Robin Hood

Francis Ferdinand

Austrian royalty assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist which started WWI

Churchill

British Prime Minister during WWII

Aztecs

Built city on an island in Mexico with canals

Harvey

Circulation of blood

Collapse of Russia

Communism falls in the former Soviet Union, 1991

Fidel Castro

Communist military dictator of Cuba since 1959

Handle

Composed "Messiah"

Eastern "Roman Empire"

Constantinople, Justinian, Eastern Orthodox Church

Sudam Husain

Dictatorial military leader of Iraq in 1980s-90s

Columbus

Discovered the West Indies in the Caribbean

European Union

European countries uniting to remove all trade barriers among themselves

Marco Polo

Explorer of the late 1200s that described China and inspired other explorers

Medieval Church

Feudalism, sacraments, princes and popes, Crusades

Vasco DeGama

First European to reach India by sailing around Africa

Magellan

First expedition to circumnavigate the globe

Sputnik

First man-made satellite, launched in USSR after WWII

Nelson Mandela

First native African President of South Africa, led fight against apartheid

John Smith

Founded Jamestown in 1607 in Virginia

France

Franks, Clovis, Charlemagne, divine right of Kings

John Pershing

General that led US troops and Allies to victory in WWI

Locke

Government is social contract, all men are equal

Newton

Gravity

Incas

Great South American civilization with an empire in modern-day Peru

Mozart

Great musician, played at age 4, "Figaro", "the Magic Flute"

Shakespeare

Greatest playwright and poet

Austria

Hapsburgs ruled

Ancient Civilizations 4000 BC- 500 BC

I.

Ancient World Empires 500 BC- 500 AD

II.

Middle Dark Medieval 500-1350

III.

Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration 1350-1600

IV.

Gorbechev

Initiated Policies of perestroika and glasnost, which helped lead to the collapse of the USSR

United Nations

International group of member nations designed to encourage world cooperation

Whitney

Invented the cotton gin

Mussolini

Italian dictator, led Fascist Party in 1922

Hitler

Joins Nazi Party 1923, appointed Chancellor 1933, founds Third Reich

Bismark

Key person involved in German unification

England

Kings tried to make it absolutist, but Parliament prevailed

Napoleon

Last Emperor of France

Nicholas II

Last Russian Czar, assassinated in 1917

Ghandi

Leader of Indian independence who advocated passive resistance

Rembrandt

Many paintings inspired by Bible stories

Mayans

Mexican civilization known for great building projects and learning

Gulf War

Middle East between Iraq and UN forces in 1991

Livingstone

Missionary and explorer in Africa

Da Vinci

Mona Lisa, inventions, The Last Supper

Islamic Empire

Muhammed, Allah, Koran, Caliphs

Israel

Nation formed in 1948 from former Palestine

Copernicus

Polish astronomer, heliocentric theory

Prince Henry

Portuguese Navigator, had a school of navigation

Woodrow Wilson

President of USA during WWI

Assembly Line

Putting a product together at various stations

Automation

Replacing people's labor with machines

America

Revolution, democracy, expanision

Russia

Romanov dynasty brought new ideas, westernization, Peter the Great

Prussia

Ruled by the 'electors', lots of Fredericks and Frederick Williams

Stalin

Russian Dictator 1927 on, collectivizes agriculture, reign of terror

Bartholomew Dias

Sailed around Africa, named Cape of Good Hope today

Lenin

Seizes control of Russia in 1917

Montesquieu

Separation of government into 3 branches, influenced American politics


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