World Event Timeline

From the First Homo sapiens to YOU

Turn to your partner and discuss:

What is a primary source?What is a secondary source?

Primary vs. Secondary

• What is a primary source? -an original source

What is a secondary source? -works that explain, interpret or analyze the “original” document, event, or work

How is time measured?

• YA= Years Ago• B.C.E. or B.C.= Before Common Era or Before Christ• C.E. or A.D.= Common Era or “In the year of the Lord.”

Turn to your partner and discuss:

When was the universe created? When did man first appear?

You are going to learn how you are a part of the continuum of time. You will need to create a timeline with the following events. Put a star next the events that interest you. You will do something special with these for your timeline. Also, jot down any questions, etc. you might have about the event.

20 billion YA

• Universe was created

4.5 billion YA

• Solar system formed

225 million YA

• First Dinosaurs

200,000 YA

• First homo sapiens in Africa

15,000 YA

• descendants of Native Americans crossed Bering Strait and came to present day North America.

3,500 B.C.E

• First written language appeared in Sumer; cuneiform alphabet (mostly business transactions)

• Written language marked the beginning of “History”

3,000 B.C.

• China- oldest civilization to date began

1740 B.C.

• Code of Hammurabi-first legal code

1350 B.C.

• Moses at Mount Sinai- received 10 commandments

• Judaism- first monotheistic religion began

1200 B.C.E

• Phoenicians- first maritime trading power

750 B.C.E.

• Rome: lasted 1000 years (first Olympic games in 776 B.C.E.)

500 B.C.E

• Buddhism began

450 B.C.E.

• The Golden Age of Greece

206 B.C.E

• China- Silk Road began under the Han Dynasty

50 B.C.E.

• Julius Cesar ruled Rome

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• Jesus Christ: born Dec 25 4 B.C.E. and died 30-34 CE

• Christianity

476 C.E.

The fall of the Western Roman Empire: began the Dark Ages in Europe

632 C.E.

• Islam: Muhammad born 570 C.E. and died 632 C.E.

1021 C.E.

• Tale of Genji: called world’s first novel

1096 C.E.

• The Crusades: fight for the Holy Land, lasted until 1270

1200

• Aztec and Inca Civilization in South America was at its height

1215 C.E.

• Magna Carta: King John of England signed; first time a ruler was forced to accept limits of power

1347 C.E.

• Black Death: bubonic plaque killed 1/3 of Europe

1439 C.E.

• Gutenberg invented the printing press; literacy rate increased rapidly

1492 C.E.

• Columbus sailed to New World; beginning Age of Exploration

-Balboa, Cartier, Coronado, Cortes, Drake, Vasco de Gama, Ponce de Leon, Magellan, Pizarro, de Soto, Hudson

1500 C.E.

• Renaissance firmly established in Europe -Raphael, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Da Vinci

1502 C.E.

• First African slaves brought to the New World

1517 C.E.

• Reformation: Martin Luther began to protest the “wrongs” of the Catholic church

1600 C.E.

• Colonial powers take over the New World:England, France, Spain and Netherlands claim land present day U.S.A.

1607 C.E.

• Jamestown: first permanent English colony in North America

1680 C.E.

• Age of Enlightenment: time period where philosophers used reason and logic to explain government

- Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire

1775 C.E.

• April 19; Battle of Lexington and Concord; began American Revolution (lasted until 1783)

1776 C.E.

• Declaration of Independence: declared independence from Great Britain- began “America,” adopted U.S flag

1787 C.E.

• Constitution of U.S.A.- ratified, formed basis of new national government

1803 C.E.

• Louisiana Purchase: Thomas Jefferson purchased western land from France to expand the territory of the U.S.A.

1830 C.E.

• Indian Removal Act: Andrew Jackson approved of the removal of Native Americans from the East Coast to land west of the Mississippi

1860 C.E.

• Civil War in U.S.A.- lasted until 1865 between North and South

1865 C.E.

• Period of Reconstruction in U.S.A. began: repair and rebuild damage of Civil War

1914 C.E.

• World War I began, lasted until 1918

1920 C.E.

• Women in U.S.A. got the right to vote in government elections

1930 C.E.

• Great Depression in U.S.A.- began after the 1929 Stock Market Crash, lasted until start of WWII

1939 C.E.

• World War II: U.S.A. came into the war in 1941 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7

1954 C.E.

• Brown vs. Board of Education: put an end to segration in public schools

1960

• Civil Rights movement: Martin Luther King, Vietnam War, John F. Kennedy- assassinated (1963), Nixon: Watergate

1970 C.E.

• Ford administration, Carter administration, Roe vs. Wade: Supreme Court granted women right to choose to carry a child to term

1980 C.E.

• Regan administration: Strategic Defense Initiative, Iran-Contra Affair

1990

• George H. Bush administration: Persian Gulf War; North American Free Trade Agreement

• Clinton administration: Brady Bill, Janet Reno appointed first woman Attorney General

2001 C.E.

• 9-11: bombing of World Trade Centre in New York

• George W. Bush administration: invasion of Iraq; Nancy Pelosi first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives

• Obama administration: first African American President; Universal Healthcare,

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• YOU….You are a part of a continuum of time and history.How are YOU a part of History?-Choose 5 significant events from your life.-2 must have primary sources-create a Timeline -explain how you are part of the continuum of time and history.