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== Modern History == | == Modern History == | ||
* 1450s - Gutenberg and moveable type | |||
* 1492 - Columbus' voyage to the Americas | |||
* 1517 - Luther and the Reformation | |||
* 1543 - Copernicus and the Scientific Revolution | |||
* 1618-1648 - Thirty Years War | |||
* 1765–1783 - The American Revolution | |||
* 1780s on - Industrial Revolution | |||
* 1789-1799 - The French Revolution | |||
* 1799-1815 - The Napoleonic Era | |||
== Contemporary History == | == Contemporary History == | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 13 December 2024
This is the intro to history
Cosmological History
- -13.8bn - Big Bang (Big Bounce?)
- -4.5bn - Earth formed
Evolutionary History
- -4b - Single-celled life
- -3.5b - Photosynthesis
- -2b - Eukaryotes
- -1.6b - Multi-Celled Life
- -1.5b - Fungi
- -800m - Plants
- -700m - Animals
- -538m - Cambrian Explosion
- -518m - Vertebrates
- -390m - Tetrapods
- -243m - Dinosaurs
- -170m - Mammals
- -85m - Primates
- -2.3 - Homo Habilis
- -2m - Homo Erectus
- -300k - Homo Sapiens
See also The Ancestor's Tale.
Prehistory
- -130k-100k - Out of Africa
- - 11.7k - Neolithic/First Agricultural Revolution
Ancient History
- 4000 BCE - Development of City States
- 3000 BCE - Writing
Medieval History
- 476 - Fall of the Roman Empire
- 1347-1351 - Black Death
Modern History
- 1450s - Gutenberg and moveable type
- 1492 - Columbus' voyage to the Americas
- 1517 - Luther and the Reformation
- 1543 - Copernicus and the Scientific Revolution
- 1618-1648 - Thirty Years War
- 1765–1783 - The American Revolution
- 1780s on - Industrial Revolution
- 1789-1799 - The French Revolution
- 1799-1815 - The Napoleonic Era