LAS FECHAS EXTRAORDINARIAS Flashcards
(113 cards)
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6th Century BCE - three Asian men who started religion/philosophies
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- Buddha (Buddhism)
- Confucius (Confucianism)
- LaoZi (Daoism)
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333
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The capital of the Roman Empire moves to Constantinople
3
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4th Century
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Trans-Saharan Trade Routes begin
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476
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The Fall of Rome
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527
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Justian I rules the Byzantine Empire
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550
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Fall of the Gupta Dynasty/Empire
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622
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Islam is Founded
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730
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Printing invented in China
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732
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Battle of Tours - the end of Muslim expansion into France
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900
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Decline of Classic Maya
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1054
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Great Schism in early Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)
12
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1066
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Norman conquest of England
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1071
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Batle of Manzikert - Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army
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1095
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The 1st Crusade
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1206
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Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests
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1258
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Mongols sack Baghdad, ending the Abassid Caliphate
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1271-1295
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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1279-1368
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Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
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1324
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Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage/hajj
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1325-1349
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Travels of Ibn Battuta
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1347-1348
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Bubonic Plague in Europe
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1368-1644
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Ming Dynasty
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1405-1433
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Voyages of Zheng He
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1438
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Rise of the Inca Empire
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1453
Ottomans Capture Constantinople
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1450's
Gutenberg uses the printing press in Europe
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1480s
Height of Aztec Empire
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1488
Dias rounds the Capite of Good Hope
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1492 - two things
Reconquista of Spain
Columbus sails the ocean blue
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1502
1st African Slaves arrive in the the Americas
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1517
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
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1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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1529
1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna led by Suleiman
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1533
Pizzaro topples the Inca
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1545
Discovery of silver at Potosi
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1571 - a battle
Battle of Lepanto - the Ottoman navy is defeated
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1571 - some trade
1st Galleon sails from Manila
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1588
England's navy smashes the Spanish Armada
39
1600
Battle of Sekigahara begins the Tokugawa Shogunate
40
1607
Jamestown is founded
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1618-1648
30 Years War
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1644
Qing Dynasty begins, ending Ming Dynasty
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1653
Dutch found Cape Colony
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1683
2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna led by Mehmet IV
45
1689
Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights
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1756-1763
7 Years War (The French and Indian War)
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1767
Invention of the Spinning Jenny, allowing machine manufacture of textiles
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1776 - Go USA
The Declaration of Independence and the beginning of the America Revolution
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1776 - Go Laissez Faire
Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations
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1789
French Revolution begins
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1796
Jenner's smallpox vaccine
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1804
Haitian independence
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1807
British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade
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1807-1808
Janissary Revolt
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1815
Congress of Vienna
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1820s
Independence in Latin America
57
1839
1st Opium War in China
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1839-1878
Tanzimat Reforms
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1848
Marx and Engles' The Communist Manifesto
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1848-1849
European Revolutions
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1853
Comodore Perry opens Japan
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1857
Sepoy Mutiny
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1861
End of Russian serfdom
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1861-1865
U.S. Civil War
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1861-1870
Italian Unification
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1863
Emancipation Proclamation
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1871
German Unification
68
1885
Berlin Conference - a bunch of white guys get together in Berlind to discuss the division of Africa and commence the "Scramble for Africa"
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1893
New Zealand grants women suffrage
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1896
Battle of Adwa - the Ethiopians defeat the Italians
71
1898
Spanish-American War
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1899-1902
Boer War - the British gain control of South Africa
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1750-1900
Industrial Revolution
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1935
Italians Invade Ethiopia
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1937
Japanese invade the remainder of China (Rape of Nanking)
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1939
German blitzkreig in Poland
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1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and U.S. enters WWII
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February 1945
Yalta Conference - tensions build between U.S. and Soviet Union
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August 1945
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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September 1945
Japan surrenders, ending WWII
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June 1947
Truma Doctrine - the official declaration of the Cold War
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August 1947
Indian gains its independence from U.K. and splits into two countries
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1948
Birth of modern Israel
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1948-1949
Berlin blockade and airlift
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April 1949
NATO founded
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October 1949
Chinese Communist Revolution
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1940-1953
Korean War
88
1954
Vietnam finally expels France - war ends with the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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1955
Bandung Conference - the Meeting of Non-Aligned Nations
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Fall 1956
Nationalization of the Suez Canal
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1957
Sputnik
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1959
Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
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1966-1976
Chinese Cultural Revolution
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1967
6 Day War - Israel is attacked on three fronts
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1973
Yom Kippur War and the OPEC Oil Embargo
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1979
Iranian Revolution
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1979
Deng Xiaoping, ruler of China begins Socialist Market Economy Reforms
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1601
Shakespeare writes Hamlet
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1987
First Palestinian Intifada
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June 1989
Tianamen Square
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November 1989
Berlin Wall Falls
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1990
Namibia gains independence and there are no more colonies in Africa
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January 1991
1st Persian Gulf War
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December 1991
USSR Disbands
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April through July 1994
Rwandan Genocide
107
2001
9/11 Attacks
108
2003
U.S. Invades Iraq
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2004
Facebook is founded
110
2007
Global Great Recession begins
111
2011
Wikileaks
112
2011
Arab Spring
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