History Cheatsheet
Prehistory
- Paleolithic Era (2.6 million BCE - 10,000 BCE)
- Hunter-gatherer societies
- Development of stone tools
- Neolithic Era (10,000 BCE - 4,500 BCE)
- Agricultural revolution
- Development of pottery and weaving
- Emergence of early civilizations
Ancient History
- Mesopotamia (4,500 BCE - 500 BCE)
- Sumerian civilization
- Akkadian Empire
- Babylonian Empire
- Assyrian Empire
- Ancient Egypt (3,150 BCE - 30 BCE)
- Old Kingdom
- Middle Kingdom
- New Kingdom
- Pharaonic era
- Ancient Greece (8th century BCE - 146 BCE)
- Archaic period
- Classical period
- Hellenistic period
- Athenian democracy
- Ancient Rome (753 BCE - 476 CE)
- Roman Republic
- Roman Empire
- Julius Caesar
- Pax Romana
Medieval History
- Byzantine Empire (330 CE - 1453 CE)
- Roman Empire’s eastern half
- Greek language and culture
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Islamic Golden Age (8th century CE - 14th century CE)
- Islamic empire
- Contributions to art, science, and philosophy
- House of Wisdom
- Viking Age (793 CE - 1066 CE)
- Scandinavian seafarers
- Norse mythology and culture
- Raids and conquests in Europe
Modern History
- Renaissance (14th century - 17th century)
- Revival of arts and sciences
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Michelangelo
- Age of Exploration (15th century - 17th century)
- Columbus
- Magellan
- Vasco da Gama
- Mercantilism
- Age of Enlightenment (18th century)
- Scientific revolution
- John Locke
- Voltaire
- American and French revolutions
- Industrial Revolution (18th century - 19th century)
- Mass production
- Steam engine
- Urbanization
- Capitalism
- World War I (1914 - 1918)
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Trench warfare
- Treaty of Versailles
- League of Nations
- World War II (1939 - 1945)
- Hitler’s rise to power
- Holocaust
- Atomic bomb
- Allied victory and the formation of the United Nations
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