WHEN are we now? What’s going on in the world at this point in history? Your task is to create a timeline, choosing 3 events from each category (for a total

of 12). Put them in chronological order on your timeline, and create a symbol to represent that event. Your finished work should be done in

INK or COLOR.

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AFRICA

350 AD – Christianity is

adopted by the Kingdom of

Axum in Eastern Africa

700 AD – Ghana becomes the

first empire in West Africa

1444 AD – Atlantic Slave Trade

begins

639 AD – Muslim Arabs invade

North Africa

1400 AD – Timbuktu is the

center of Mali culture

500 BC – Bantu Migration

begins

1335 AD – Songhai Empire is

established

The Americas 1325 AD – Aztec people settle

the capital city of Tenochtitlan

1492 AD – Columbus reaches the

Americas

1471 AD – Inca Empire rises to

power in South America

400 BC – 250 AD – Maya build

their first large pyramids

1521 AD – Cortes conquers the

Aztecs

1200 BC – The Olmec civilization

dominates the Gulf of Mexico

ASIA

585 AD – Buddhism reaches

Japan

1024 AD – The Chinese issue the

first paper money

1271 AD – Marco Polo sets out

for China

850 AD – Chinese invent

gunpowder

1223 AD – Genghis Khan, the

Mongol ruler, invades Russia

960 AD – Song Dynasty is

established in China

1279 – 1368 AD – Mongols

conquer and rule China

EUROPE

1096 AD – Christians from

Europe embark on the First

Crusade

1453 AD – The Ottoman Turks

capture Constantinople; end of

Byzantine Empire

1517 AD – Martin Luther posts

his 95 Theses

800 AD – Charlemagne

crowned emperor by the pope

1215 AD – Magna Carta signed;

gives limited rights to English

nobles

27 BC – Rome becomes an

empire