ERA 1:
1200 - 1450
1200 - 1450
The deadly pandemic that arrived in Europe in 1347 from the Silk Roads trade networks and resulted in the deaths of millions of people.
What is the bubonic plague / Black Death?
The historical event that describes the widespread transfer of plants, animals, and culture between the Eastern and Western hemispheres in the 15th century.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
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This French emperor conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century before his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The severe, worldwide economic event that lasted from the late 1920s until the 1930s, characterized by high unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.
What is the Great Depression?
World War I begins with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
1200-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Today
1900-Today
(1914)
The 14th century ruler of the Mali Empire who distributed so much gold in Cairo during his pilgrimage to Mecca he crashed the economy.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This city was conquered in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire, putting an end to the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt against French colonial rule in this country in 1804.
What is Haiti?
This political ideology, characterized by a strong belief in the interests and culture of one's own nation, played a significant role in the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
What is nationalism?
The Protestant Reformation begins with Martin Luther's publication of his 95 Theses.
1200-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Today
1450-1750
(1517)
The Chinese admiral who led several voyages of exploration to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa in the early 15th century.
Who is Zheng He?
The Portuguese established this type of empire which consisted of a series of forts throughout the coastal regions of the Indian Ocean in this time period.
What is a trading post empire?
The English philosopher and political theorist who wrote the "Two Treatises of Government" and is widely considered to be one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers.
Who is John Locke?
Founded by Wangari Maathai in Kenya in 1977, this movement focused on environmental conservation, women's rights, and community development through the planting of trees.
What is the Green Belt Movement?
Ibn Battuta begins his travels with a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca.
1200-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Today
1200-1450
(1325)
This sultanate, ruled by a military caste of former slave soldiers, ruled over the area of Egypt and Western Arabia from 1250 to 1517.
What is the Mamluk Sultanate?
The rulers of this dynasty in China implemented restrictive policies when they came to power, such as the Hair Cutting Edict, towards ethnically Han Chinese.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
The period of peace and stability in Japan, between 1603 and 1867, that saw the development of a unique Japanese culture and the growth of the economy, under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
What is the Edo Period?
The ambitious economic and social campaign launched in 1958 by the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong aimed at transforming China from an agrarian economy into an industrialized society but resulted in a famine claiming the lives of 20 million people.
What is The Great Leap Forward?
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan completes construction of the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.
1200-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Today
1450-1750
(1648)
The capital city of the Aztec Empire founded in 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
Ivan IV launched an attack against this social class in Novgorod and forced them to relocate to Moscow to keep a close watch on them as class tensions rose in Russia.
Who are the Boyars?
Yaa Asantewaa was an influential Ashanti queen who led the War of the Golden Stool against the British in 1900 which resulted in her exile. As a result, Ashanti (Asante) became a part of this British colony.
What is The Gold Coast?
This year saw both the Rwandan genocide and the election of Nelson Mandela to the presidency of South Africa after his decades-long prison sentence.
What is 1994?
The decisive Battle of Tondibi results in the fall of Songhai to the Saadi dynasty in Morocco. The invasion was initiated in an effort to gain control of the Trans-Saharan trade in salt and gold.
1200-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Today
1450-1750
(1591)