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World History I BIG Timeline of IMPORTANT Events Connecting the WORLD

Africa East Asia South Asia Middle East Eastern Europe Western Europe Americas
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__**Example of an IMPORTANT Event Connecting the WORLD (Cultural Diffusion!!):**__
 * ** Date  ** || **  Event  ** || **  Significance  ** ||
 * 3000 BCE || River Valley Civilizations emerge || Development of early civilizations ||
 * 2000 BCE || Abrahamic covenant || Start of Judaism (and the basis for other monotheistic religions of Christianity and Islam) ||
 * 206 BCE-220 CE || Han Dynasty || The Silk Road began to be heavily traveled during this time. This led to a flourishing network of trade between Rome and China (and countless places in between) and extensive cultural diffusion that would last for centuries to come. ||
 * 30 || Jesus’s death || Christianity spreads; today it is the world’s largest religion ||
 * 130 || Start of Jewish Diaspora || Jews were expelled from the Holy Land; today all Jews living outside Israel are considered to be living in the Diaspora ||
 * 622 || Muhammad’s hijra || Start of Islam; today it is the 2nd largest religion in the world ||
 * 632 || Muhammad died || Dispute over succession led to Sunni-Shiite split ||
 * Mid 600s || Arab armies spread Islam to North Africa || Replaced Christianity and created a predominantly Muslim North Africa and Middle East ||
 * 750-1258 || Start of Abbasid Dynasty || Islam’s golden age; Baghdad, and later Cairo, were important cultural centers ||
 * 618-907 || Tang Dynasty || Rebirth of Han culture; a golden age in China; Buddhism spread into China during this time ||
 * 960-1279 || Start of Song Dynasty || Golden age; footbinding begins; shipbuilding begins, paving the way for Zheng He’s voyages in the 1400s ||
 * 12-1300s || Mongol invasions || Largest contiguous land empire in history; created stability in Eurasia à trade & cultural diffusion (and the Black Death also spread) ||
 * 1324-25 || Mansa Musa’s hajj || Caused gold market to crash; direct global attention toward West Africa ||
 * 1433 || China closes doors to outside world || Zheng he dies; China imposes a policy of isolation from the Western world ||
 * 1453 || Conquest of Constantinople || Strategic city; Muslims had been trying to conquer it for centuries; end of Byzantine Empire ||
 * 1501-1722 || Safavid Empire || Solidified a Shiite Muslim Empire; the basis for the modern Shiite country of Iran ||
 * 1556-1605 || Akbar’s reign || Centralized power in India during the rule of the Muslim Mughal Empire ||