TIMELINE

3200

• Civilization begins in Sumer
• Important because it is one of the major agricultural hearths
• Where civilization began

995

• King David captures Jerusalem
• This starts the spread of a monotheistic religion

780

• Greek settlers colonize Asia minor
• The Greeks see new types of agriculture
• They expand Greek rule theough expansion diffusion

276

• Eratosthenes measures the circumference of the earth
• People are now able to accurately see the world and create new maps

221

• Great Wall of China begins to be built
• Physical boundaries isolate china from the technological revolutions

476

• Roman empire ends
• The Roman way of life and their culture ends
• Many historical documents are lost

1050

• First agricultural revolution in Europe
• Significant because new ways of farming
• Also can provide for growing populations

1095

• First crusade
• Expasion of the christian faith

1215

• Magna Carta sealed by King John
• First government for the people

1300

• Agricultural famine in Europe
• Creates a push factor
• Causes search for new ways of food production

1500

• Scientific Revolution
• Brings many countries out of stage 1
• Causes death rates to drop

1776

• American Declaration of Independence signed
• Creates a new power that topples Britain

1787

• Constitution signed
• The U.S.A is now formally a nation

1793

• Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
• New way of harvesting a cash crop
• Less use for physical labor

1797

1803

1812

1819

1840

1861-65

1867

1894

1912

1914

• Diffusion of communism

1929

1939

1945

• Starts Cold War

1945

• World government

1949

2000

2001

• 9-11 attacks on Twin Towers
• Starts war on terrorism
• Centripetal force bonds U.S