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1B : 331 B

.C . -A

lexandria in N orthern

E gypt -

Featured the w orld’s first

research library, w hich becam

e a great center of learning

for scholars.

1C : L

ate 12 th

C entury -

Japan - Japan becam

e the second richest country w

hich led them to becom

e one of the m

ost technologically innovative countries.

1A : 500 B

.C . -

M editerranean and

B lack Sea basins –

T he A

thenians established the w

orld’s first dem

ocratic governm ent. T

his led to the first self governed rule w

here the people contributed to the council.

2A : E

arly 800s -N orthern E

urope – E

uropean peasants began planting crops in their land. T

his increase in food output led to a population and econom

ic grow th.

2C : 1200s –

E urope (Italy and

southern France regions) – E

uropeans unified com

m ercial netw

orks and econom

ic infrastructure, becom ing an

im portant and pow

erful civilization. 2B

: 900s – C

hina – G

unpow der

w as first produced and seen in

C hina, m

ostly in firew orks. T

his form

ula later on w as im

proved and helped the E

uropeans launch a m

ilitary revolution.

3A : 1027 –

Southeastern France – A

Truce of G

od w as assured by K

nights and castellans in order to lim

it the am

ount of days a fight w ould occur.

3B : 1070 –

Southern Italy – K

ey texts of the R

om an law

w ere discovered.

T his led to a legal revolution in w

hich resulted in the Papal R

evolution occurring.

3C : 1200s –

E urope –

C ountries in

E urope w

ere beginning to be governed by several system

s of law . R

ather than being governed by one, people w

ere now

able to appeal against religious and political authorities.

4A : 1400 B

.C . –

E astern

M editerranean region –

Iron becam e

available and replaced the use of bronze. Iron helped increase w

ealth and dem

ocratized w arfare.

4B : E

arly 1400s -France and Spain – C

onsolidated m onarchies em

erging in France and Spain led to a political and econom

ical decline in the Italian peninsula.

4C : 1635 –

France – K

ing L

ouis X III officials

enforced heavy taxes and an even m

ore tax increase in 1647 led to a rebellion.

5A : 1340s –

E urasia –

International trade w

as disrupted w hen the

M ongol E

m pire collapsed after

E urasia w

as struck w ith the B

lack D

eath. 5B

: 1591 – Indian O

cean – E

ngland ships entering the Indian O

cean led to their takeover of Portuguese trade routes.

5C : 16

thcentury – E

urope – T

he N

ew W

orld being discovered by E

uropeans led to an em ergence

of a w orld econom

y.

6A : 1000 B

.C . -

in the M iddle E

ast –

Phoenicians developed the first alphabet w

hich led to a sim pler

m ethod of w

riting. 6B

: M id-1400s –

E urope -

Paper in E

urope w as cheap and light w

eight com

pared to other countries. T his

led to an alteration of printing in E

urope.

6C : 1480 -Italy -

T his country

becam e the center of printing

and sparked the production of published books and the rise of m

any publishers.

7A : 1400s –

Scotland – R

eligious fragm

entation in E urope eventually

led E nglish L

ollards to seek asylum

in Scotland.

7B : 1517 –

G erm

any – L

uther w ent

public w ith his beliefs and view

s and pinned a list of propositions at the W

ittenberg’s castle church. T his led to

everyone in G erm

any know ing w

ho L

uther is and w hat he stands by, he

w as able to reach out to all of

G erm

any.

7C : 1561 –

France – M

ore than about 2,000 reform

ed congregations w ere

introduced in France. T his led half of the

population to practice and adopt this new

faith.

8A : 1258 –

B aghdad –

T he M

ongol conquest of B

aghdad resulted in a decrease in educational and scientific research in the M

uslim culture.

8B : 1602 –

L ondon -W

illiam H

arvey studied m

edicine in L ondon and after m

any years discovered that blood is able to circulate in tw

o body system

s. T his led to a better understanding

of how the hum

an body w orks and a

breakthrough in m edicine.

8C : 1869 –

R ussia –

D m

itrii M

endeleev developed the essential periodic table. A

n essential resource that is utilized in chem

istry courses and by chem ist

w orldw

ide.

9A : L

ate 1600s – D

utch R epublic –

D utch m

erchants traded extensively w

ith their allies and their enem ies

w hich helped flourish their com

m ercial

operations. T his led the D

utch R epublic

to be the richest country in E urope.

9B : 1750 –

E urope –

Food production began to increase in E

urope w hich led

to a population increase. T he

population grew from

142 to 265 m

illion w ithin one century.

9C : 1845-1849 –

N orthern E

urope – T

he production and desire of potatoes increased dram

atically in N orthern

E urope and w

ith the success of potatoes, new

plants w ere introduced

in the continent in order to expand exploration and the population.

10A : 1302 –

France – T

he first national assem

bly in France w as organized by

Philip the Fair in order to unite the m

onarchy against the papacy. T his led to

a m ajor conflict betw

een the church and state.

10B : 1783 –

Paris -T he Treaty of Paris

resulted in the U nited States having full

independence and granted them the right to

further expand their settlem ents.

10C : 1791 –

France and Saint D

om ingue

-T he rebellion against

slavery on Saint-D om

ingue eventually

influenced French revolutionaries to abolish slavery in 1794.

11A : 1770 –

France – Firearm

s being assem

bled from interchangeable parts

led to a w orldw

ide break through for m

anufactures. 11B

: E ighteenth century –

B ritain –

W oolen

textiles gave B ritain the advantage of having

the largest m anufacturing and export

com m

odity in the country.

11C : 1845 –

G reat B

ritain – R

ailroads transform

ed how people traveled and

transported goods. T he expansion of railroads

helped shape the econom y and unite m

any industrial ports and regions together to m

ake travel m

ore efficient.

12A : E

arly 1600s – E

urope – Scientists in

E urope discovered the understanding of

m icrobial life and this led to further research

about m icrobes possibly contam

inating food.

12B : 1825 –

(A lbany to B

uffalo) – T

he opening of the E

rie C anal linked A

lbany to B uffalo and

the G reat L

akes in the M idw

est, w hich allow

ed farm

ers to easily export their goods to E urope.

12C : 1895 –

N iagara Falls –

T he operation of the w

orld’s m

ajor hydroelectric generator began just near N

iagara Falls. T

his invention led to a m ore

clear and clean atm osphere

due to being fueled by w ater.

13A : 1915 –

M iddle E

ast, A ustria-H

ungry and Italy –

M any battles occurred during W

orld W ar I

and w hen Italy entered the w

ar in M ay of 1915,

the w ar resulted in stricter governm

ents and a bad econom

y w hich led m

any w om

en to go out and obtain jobs.

13B : 1931 –

C hina –

Japan invading M

anchuria in C hina had a dram

atic effect on the U

nited States econom y.

13C : 1985 -Soviet U

nion – M

ikhail G

orbachev gaining pow er in 1985 led to

the reform ation of Soviet U

nion’s political and econom

ical system s. H

e introduced new

policies and values hoping for the W

est to succeed.

14A : 1833 –

E uropean colonies–

In 1833 parliam

ent prohibited slavery in m ost of

the B ritish E

m pire w

hich eventually led to all E

uropean colonies abolishing slavery.

14B : 1869 –

Philadelphia – T

he K nights of

L abor organization began in 1869 and w

as the first organization to allow

both w om

en and A

frican A m

ericans to take part of this society. T

his gave w om

en and A frican A

m ericans the

sam e rights as m

ales and a sense of solidarity.

14C : 1920 –

T he U

nited States – W

om en

attending college in the U S continued to

increase as the years w ent on. T

his led to m ore

w om

en w anting to attend college, and even

w om

en in E urope began slow

ly going to school.

15A : 1877 –

N ew

Jersey –

T hom

as E dison

inventing the electric light bulb w

as a significant im

provem ent

in living in quality and efficiency.

15B : 1914 –

E urope –

T he U

S entered W

orld W ar I due to the

G erm

ans sinking the L usitania

ship.

15C : 1919 –

T he U

nited States – T

he 19 tham

endm ent gave w

om en

the right to vote w hich w

as the first stepping stone in equality.

15D : 1921 –

W ichita,

K ansas –

W hite C

astle opening in 1921 led to even m

ore fast-food restaurants opening.

15E : 1939 –

Poland -T he invasion

of Poland by H itler and his

m ilitary forces triggered W

orld W

ar II.