Must-Know-Dates Flashcards
(37 cards)
3000 BCE
Beginnings of Bronze Age-early civilizations
8000 BCE
Beginnings of agriculture
1300 BCE
Iron Age
6th century BCE
Life of Buddha, Confucius, Loazi (beginnings of Confucianism)
5th century BCE
Greek Golden Age - philosophers
323 BCE
Alexander the Great
221 BCE
Qin unifies China
184 BCE
Fall of Mauryan Dynasty
32 CE
Beginning of Christianity
180 CE
End of Pax Romana
220 CE
End of Han Dynasty
313 CE
Rome legalizes Christianity
333 CE
Roman capital moves to Constantinople
4th Century
Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
476 CE
“Fall” of Rome
527-565 CE
Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire
550 CE
Fall of Gupta Dynasty/Empire
622
Founding of Islam
730
Printing invented in China
732
Battle of Tours
800
Charlemagne crowned emperor of Rome
900
Decline of classical Maya
1054
Great Schism in Christian Church
1066
Norman conquests of England
