History Dates-Midterm
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violetrose92 on March 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2000 BC | Aegean civilization rise/ Minoans flourish in Crete |
| 1100 BC | decline of Egypt/ Kingdom of Cush rise |
| 753 BC | founding of Rome |
| 700 BC | Hellenistic Age of Greece begins |
| 509 BC | Roman republic established |
| 431-404 BC | Peloponnesian War |
| 30 BC | Octavian is first Roman emperor/ Pax Romana begins |
| AD 35 | Ethiopean eunuch conversion-first African Christian |
| AD 476 | Western Roman Empire ends |
| AD 700 | North Africa overrun by Islam |
| 2000 BC | Indus River Valley civilization rise |
| 1850 BC | Hebrews sojurn in Egypt |
| 1580 BC | New Kingdom established/ Egyptian civilization height |
| 1500 BC | Huang He Valley civilization in China |
| 1100 BC | New Kingdom collapse/ Egypt declines/ foreign invasions into Egypt begin |
| 332-323 BC | Alexander conquers Egypt/ Ptolemy and Hellenistic dynasty |
| 30 BC | Egypt conquered by Rome |
| AD 320-535 | Gupta dynasty in India/ Golden Age of India |
| AD 1200s-1368 | Genghis Khan's Mongol empire/ Chinese Yuan dynasty/ Marco Polo visits the Orient |
| 4000 BC | Creation |
| 2300 BC | Sumerian civilization height/ Abram's call |
| 2000 BC | Abram called from Ur/ Epic of Gilgamesh/ Amorites and Elamites conquer Sumer |
| 1500 BC | Sinai Script/ Exodus/ 10 Commandments |
| 1015-975 BC | King Solomon's reign |
| 721 BC | Assyrians conquer Northern Israel |
| 612 BC | Ninevah falls |
| 586 BC | Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem/ Babylonian captivity |
| AD 500 | Roman Empire collapse |
| AD 1500 | Renaissance/ Reformation |
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