Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The Neolithic Revolution
|
10,000 BCE
|
|
|
Bishop James Ussher calculates in 1659 that the world was created on October 29th of this year
|
4,004 BCE
|
|
|
The Birth of Civilization
|
3,500 BCE
|
|
|
Great Pyramid at Giza completed
|
2,650 BCE
|
|
|
The eruption of Thera
|
1,628 BCE
|
|
|
The golden age of the Greeks
|
5th Century BCE
|
|
|
The Roman Republic
|
509-31 BCE
|
|
|
The Roman Empire
|
27 BCE - 476 CE
|
|
|
The "Hijra" - The birth of Islam
|
622 CE
|
|
|
The Battle of Tours
|
732 CE
|
|
|
Charlemagne is crowned "Holy Roman Emperor"
|
800 CE
|
|
|
The Collapse of the Maya
|
900 CE
|
|
|
The Norman Conquest
|
1066 CE
|
|
|
Pope Urban II calls the first crusade
|
1095 CE
|
|
|
King John of England seals the Magna Carta
|
1215 CE
|
|
|
The rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongols
|
13th Century CE
|
|
|
The Black Death ravages Europe
|
1348 CE
|
|
|
The year China supposedly "discovers" the world
|
1421 CE
|
|
|
The destruction of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire
|
1453 CE
|
|
|
The year prior to "The Colombian Exchange"
|
1491 CE
|
