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Spain under Napoleon Napoleon invaded Spain in 1808 Forced Bourbon Spain's king, Charles IV to abdicate Napoleon put his brother, Joseph,...

ROMAN REPUBLIC Mythology Romulus and Remus (771 BC) ​Italian myth Twin sons of Rhea Silvia to be killed by being left in a basket, sailed...

INVENTIONS Textile industry John Kay - flying shuttle (1733) Samuel Crompton - Spinning mule (1779) Edmund Cartwright - water-driven...

Pre-History to 600 BC BIG THEMES Paleolithic --> Neolithic (farming 8,000 BC) First Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley) MOST...

See post on Islam SELJUK TURKS Abbasid Dynasty Was divided into a number of smaller empires Seljuk Turks From Central Asia Served in...

TIMELINE 1162 -- Temujin (Genghis Khan) born. 1206-1227 -- Reign of Genghis Khan 1211-1234 -- Conquest of northern China (Jin Dynasty)...

TRADE ROUTES IN GENERAL Currency Chinese produced first paper money ("flying money") - Tang standardized the currency What was traded:...

TIMELINE 1945 End of WWII Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech 1946 George Kennan sent Long Telegram explaining reasons USSR must be...

TIMELINE 1756 -1763 - Seven Years War/French and Indian War 1774 - British colonists in North America create Constitutional Congress...

BIBLICAL Abraham moves to Israel Covenant with God, circumcision Wife Sarai (mother of Isaac) Sarai's servant Hagar (mother of Ishmael)...

TIMELINE Arabia before Muhammad Bedouins (Arab nomads) organized in tribes Ruled by Sheikh selected by council of elders, the majlis....

PREHISTORIC Yellow River Neolithic societies Pottery Yangshao (painted pottery), Longshan (black pottery) Southern settlements Yangtze...

Dutch Golden Age 17th c. Dutch East India Co. (established 1602) ​Joint-stock company ​Trading posts in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies),...

BRIEF TIMELINE Ottoman Empire defeats Constantinople (1453) Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain (1469) Bartholomeu Dias around...