AP WORLD HISTORY IMPORTANT DATES
UNIT I PREHISTORY TO C. 600 BCE
UNIT II C. 600 BCE TO 600 CE
DATE
c. 8000 BCE
c. 4000 BCE
c. 3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 2600 – 1900 BCE
c. 2575 – 2134 BCE
c. 2300 BCE
c. 2000 BCE
c. 2000 BCE
c. 2000 – 1500 BCE
c. 1792 – 1750 BCE
c. 1750 - 1027 BCE
c. 1700 –1200 BCE
c. 1640 BCE
c. 1600 BCE
c. 1600 BCE
c. 1500 - 500 BCE
c. 1500 BCE
c. 1473 - 1458 BCE
c. 1353 BCE
c. 1200 - 400 BCE
c. 1027 - 221 BCE
c. 1000 - 320 BCE
c. 1000 BCE
c. 960 BCE
c. 911 - 612 BCE
c. 900 – 250 BCE
c. 800-480 BCE
c. 800 – 350 BCE
c. 712 – 660 BCE
c. 700 BCE
c. 626 - 539 BCE
UNIT I PREHISTORY TO C. 600 BCE
EVENT/DEVELOPMENT
Beginnings of agriculture; Neolithic Era
River-valley civilizations along Tigris-Euphrates (modern Iraq) and Nile (modern
Egypt); potter's wheel; cuneiform writing in Sumer
Unification of Egypt
Bronze Age; agriculture based on maize in Mesoamerica; hieroglyphic writing in
Egypt; Malay peoples migrate from China to SE Asia
River valley civilization along Indus (modern Pakistan) - cities of Harappa &
Mohenjo-Dara
Old Kingdom in Egypt; development of divine kingship; pyramids; papyrus
Sargon I creates first empire in Mesopotamia
River valley civilization along Yellow R. (modern China); swidden agriculture in SE
Asia
Minoan Civilization in Crete; regional trade
Founding of Judaism by Abraham in Mesopotamia
Hammurabi ruled Babylon; developed legal code
Shang Dynasty; bronze metallurgy; divination
Hittites introduce horse drawn war chariot; iron weapons
Hyksos rule Egypt; chariots, composite bow
Migration from SE Asia to Pacific Ocean & Indian Ocean islands
Mycenean Civilization in Greece; Linear B writing
Aryans gain power in India; Vedic Age; beginnings of caste system & Hinduism
Beginnings of the alphabet; spread by Phoenicians in Mediterranean
Queen Hatshepsut rules as pharaoh; trade expedition
Akhenaton launched reforms in Egypt, possible monotheism
Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica
Zhou Dynasty – Mandate of Heaven
Persian Empire
Iron metallurgy; David establishes Jerusalem as Israelite capital; SE Asian irrigation
skills
Solomon builds First Temple
Neo-Assyrian Empire; brutal war campaigns, trade routes, iron weapons, calvary,
mass deportations
Chavin Civilization in the Andes
Greece's Archaic Period; polis; hoplites
Kingdom of Meroë in Nubia; connections to sub-Saharan trade & culture
Nubian kings rule Egypt
Lydians introduce coinage
Neo-Babylonian Kingdom
DATE
c. 600 – 400 BCE
c. 587 BCE
c. 550 – 530 BCE
c 546 – 323 BCE
c. 522 – 486 BCE
c. 500 BCE –
c. 1000 CE
c. 500 BCE
c. 507 BCE
c. 480 – 323 BCE
c. 480 – 479 BCE
c. 477 BCE
c. 461 –429 BCE
c. 450 BCE
c. 431 –404 BCE
399 BCE
c. 359 BCE
c. 334 – 323 BCE
c. 324 – 184 BCE
c. 323 – 30 BCE
c. 273 – 232 BCE
c. 264 – 146 BCE
c. 221 – 207 BCE
c. 202 BCE – 220 CE
c. 200 - 700 CE
c. 200 BCE –
c. 500 CE
c. 150 BCE – 900 CE
c. 128 BCE
c. 100 BCE
c. 88 – 31 BCE
c. 31 BCE – 330 CE
c. 27 BCE– 180 CE
UNIT II C. 600 BCE TO C. 600 CE
EVENT/DEVELOPMENT
Founding & development of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Jainism
Neo-Babylonian Empire captured Jerusalem; Diaspora
Reign of Cyrus in Persia; conquests
Conflicts between Greece and Persia
Reign of Darius in Persia, expansion; satrap system; roads, Persepolis, laws;
Zoroastrianism
Bantu migrations in Africa; spread of iron, agriculture
Rise of Carthage; sea trade; navy
Roman republic established; Senate, 12 Tables
Greek Classical Period; philosophy, science, mathematics
Xerxes invades Greece; battles at Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea; Persian threat
diminishes
Delian League of Greek states formed & pushes back Persia
Reign of Pericles; Athenian democracy
Completion of the Hebrew Bible
Peloponnesian War among Greek states; instability
Trial & execution of Socrates
Rise of the Macedonians (Philip II, Alexander the Great)
Alexander the Great defeats Persia; establishes empire
Mauryan Empire in India; founded by Chandragupta Mauryan; mandala theory of
foreign policy; roads, trade; Ramayana & Mahabharata epics
Hellenistic Period; Alexandria, spread of Greek culture
Reign of Ashoka in India; conversion to Buddhism; science & technology; Bhagavad
Gita
Punic Wars (Rome/Carthage); wars with Hellenistic kingdoms; Rome controls
Mediterranean
Qin unites China; Legalism, canals; slavery abolished; roads, beginning of Great Wall
Han Dynasty; expansion, silk, Chang'an – capital; spread of Confucianism & Daoism,
canals, roads, crossbow, watermills, horse collar, paper
Moche Civilization in the Andes
Spread of Buddhism
Mayan civilization in Mesoamerica
Chinese General Zhang Jian originates overland trade through Central Asia
Silk Road connected China to Southwest Asia (Middle East); Indonesian migration to
Madagascar – yams, bananas
Civil wars in Rome; end of the Republic
Roman Principate (empire) established; emperor; Romanization, aqueducts, roads
Pax Romana
DATE
c. 32 CE
c. 45 CE – 58 CE
c. 50 CE – 560 CE
c. 100 CE
c. 224 CE – 600 CE
c. 235 CE – 284 CE
c. 300 CE
c. 306 CE – 357 CE
c . 320 CE – 550 CE
c. 400 CE
476 CE
c. 500 CE
527 CE – 565 CE
c. 600 CE
UNIT II C. 600 BCE TO C. 600 CE, CONTINUED
EVENT/DEVELOPMENT
Beginnings of Christianity
Spread of Christianity in eastern Mediterranean; Paul
Funan Empire dominates S. Indochina & Isthmus of Ka
Stirrup spreads from Central Asia
Sasanid Empire (Iran); warrior elite, silk, silver, cotton, sugar cane; Zoroastrianism –
state religion
3rd Century Crisis in Rome; political instability; Germanic tribes invade
Beginnings of trans-Saharan trade routes; camels
Constantine reunites Roman empire; moves capital to Constantinople; converts to
Christianity; Edict of Milan
Gupta Empire in India; founded by Chandra Gupta; theater-state; trade routes,
mathematics & science; Hindu temples; Hun invasion
Chinese monk Faxian travels to India, Silk Road; Christianity spreads to Yemen,
Ethiopia, Nubia
Fall of Rome in West; Germanic kingdoms; Romance dialects
Trade routes through the Strait of Malacca
Rule of Justinian & Theodosia – Byzantine Empire; Code of Justinian
City of Teotihuacan at height of power in Mesoamerica