100 Events That Shaped World History

by Yenne, William

• ISBN13: 9780912517032
• ISBN10: 0912517034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-07-01
• Publisher: Bluewood Books

Summary

100 Events that Shaped World History is a wonderful and insightful overview of the basic facts that have created the world as it is today. Interesting and full of knowledge for both young and old alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(1)
The Dawn of History 20,000 to 10,000 BC	8	(1)
Organized Societies Develop 6000 BC	9	(1)
The Birth of Written Communication 3500 BC	10	(1)
The Rise of the Egyptian Pharaohs 3100 BC	11	(1)
The Code of Hammurabi 1740 BC	12	(1)
Moses at Mount Sinai 1250 BC	13	(1)
The Voyages and Colonies of the Phoenicians 1200 BC	14	(1)
The Founding of Rome 753 BC	15	(1)
Buddhism 528 BC	16	(1)
Greece Defeats Persia 490-479 BC	17	(1)
The Golden Age of Greece 450-322 BC	18	(1)
The Scientific Approach to Medicine 400 BC	19	(1)
Alexander the Great's Western Empire 323 BC	20	(1)
Asoka's Enlightened Monarchy 270 BC	21	(1)
The ``First Emperor'' Unites China 221 BC	22	(1)
The Rise of Rome as a Superpower 202 BC	23	(1)
Julius Caesar Rules Rome 48-44 BC	24	(1)
The Birth of Imperial Rome 30 BC	25	(1)
The Life of Jesus Christ 4 BC-29 AD	26	(1)
Constantine Embraces Christianity 325 AD	27	(1)
The Fall of the Roman Empire 476 AD	28	(1)
Mohammed and the Dawn of Islam 630 AD	29	(1)
The Rise of Charlemagne 800 AD	30	(1)
Otto I Re-Establishes the Holy Roman Empire 962 AD	31	(1)
The Battle of Hastings 1066	32	(1)
The Crusades 1096-1270	33	(1)
The Magna Carta 1215	34	(1)
Genghis Khan and His Empire 1227	35	(1)
Marco Polo Returns from China 1295	36	(1)
The Plague 1348-1350	37	(1)
Gutenberg Introduces Printing 1440	38	(1)
Christopher Columbus Reaches America 1492	39	(1)
The Renaissance 1495-1500	40	(1)
The Reformation 1511	41	(1)
The Spanish Conquest of the New World 1521	42	(1)
The Genesis of Modern North America 1607	43	(1)
Sir ISAAC Newton's Discoveries 1667	44	(1)
Habeas Corpus 1679	45	(1)
The Defeat of the French in Canada 1759	46	(1)
The Voyages of Captain Cook 1768-1779	47	(1)
The Industrial Revolution From 1774	48	(1)
The United States Declares Itself Independent 1776	49	(1)
The French Revolution 1789-1793	50	(1)
The First Steps Toward Women's Rights 1789-1792	51	(1)
Napoleon Dominates Europe 1799-1813	52	(1)
Waterloo 1815	53	(1)
The Origin of Photography 1824	54	(1)
The Dawn of Long Distance Communications 1838	55	(1)
The Year of the Revolution 1848	56	(1)
The California Gold Rush 1849	57	(1)
The Origin of the Idea of Evolution 1859	58	(1)
The United States is Torn Apart 1861	59	(1)
The Preservation of the Union 1865	60	(1)
Japan Joins the World Community 1868	61	(1)
A Transcontinental Railroad 1869	62	(1)
The First Unification of Germany 1871	63	(1)
The Battle of the Little Big Horn 1876	64	(1)
The Dawn of Personal Communications 1876	65	(1)
Power for the Next Century 1876	66	(1)
Voices in the Air 1895	67	(1)
The United States Becomes A World Power 1898	68	(1)
The Reign of Queen Victoria 1901	69	(1)
The Wright Brothers' First Powered Flights 1903	70	(1)
Japan Becomes A World Power 1905	71	(1)
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity 1909	72	(1)
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 1914	73	(1)
The First Battle of the Marne 1914	74	(1)
The Russian Revolution 1917	75	(1)
The Treaty that Ended a War and Caused One 1918	76	(1)
Words and Pictures from Thin Air 1920-1923	77	(1)
The Discovery of Penicillin 1928	78	(1)
Black Tuesday and the Great Depression 1929	79	(1)
The New Deal 1933	80	(1)
The Rise of Adolf Hitler 1933-1936	81	(1)
The Beginning of World War II 1939	82	(1)
The Battle of Britain 1940	83	(1)
The United States Enters World War II 1941	84	(1)
The Blunting of the Axis Offensive 1942-1943	85	(1)
The Great Allied Offensives 1944	86	(1)
The End of World War II 1945	87	(1)
Stalin's Iron Curtain 1946	88	(1)
The Chinese Revolution 1949	89	(1)
The Atomic Age 1951	90	(1)
Humans Travel Into Outer Space 1961	91	(1)
The Berlin Wall, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1961-1962	92	(1)
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963	93	(1)
The American Civil Rights Movements 1964	94	(1)
The Tet Offensive 1968	95	(1)
The Year of Chaos 1968	96	(1)
Humans Walk Upon Another World 1969	97	(1)
The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Oil Embargo 1973	98	(1)
Watergate Brings Down a Presidency 1974	99	(1)
A Human Outpost on Another Planet 1976	100	(1)
The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism 1980	101	(1)
Computers Are Everywhere 1981	102	(1)
European Communism Collapses 1989-1990	103	(1)
The Reunification of Germany 1990	104	(1)
The Fall of the USSR 1991	105	(1)
European Economic Union 1992	106	(1)
Humans Reach into Infinity 1993	107	(3)
Index	110