Outline. World History table. By Paul Nervy.
Copyright 2006, Paul Nervy
Subject	Category	Year (When)	Place (Where)	Person(s) (Who)	Thing, Event, Idea, Word, or Work (What)	Description (Why, How, etc.)
World history		c. -100	Rome		-100. Ancient Rome -
World history		c. -1000	Egypt		Egypt. New Kingdom.
World history		c. -2000	Mesopotamia		Mesopotamia. Babylonians. Hammurabi's code. Yeah, baby!
World history		c. -2000	China		China.
World history		c. -2000	India		India.
World history		c. -2000	Egypt		Egypt. Middle Kingdom.
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World history		c. -3000	Mesopotamia		Mesopotamia. The land between the rivers. Between the Tigris and Euphrates. Cradle of civilization. Sumerian civilization. Writing. The wheel.
World history		c. -3000	Egypt		Egypt. Old Kingdom
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World history		c. -500	Greece		Ancient Greece - advances in philosophy, math, science, literature, art, history, etc.
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World history		c. 1000	United States	Erikson, Leif	Vinland, a colony in North America, founded by Leif Erikson.
World history		c. 1000	Europe		Great Schism. Western Rome-based christians vs. Eastern Orthodox christians. Other christians: Coptic, Egyptian, Syrian, Armenian, Nestorians, Russians.
World history		c. 1000	Europe		Charlemagne. Marco Polo. Vikings. English Kings. French Kings
World history		c. 1100	World		1100. The Crusades: religo-military aggression against the neighbors. The Children's Crusade:
World history		c. 1200
World history	Crime	c. 1300	Europe		The Inquisition: witch burning and torture to entertain the masses, done by christians and catholics.
World history		c. 1400
World history	Exploration	c. 1492	World		Columbus discovers the new world. Cortez invades South America. Slaughter of new world inhabitants
World history	Exploration	c. 1500	World		Age of Exploration
World history	Religion	c. 1500	Europe		Protestant Reformation
World history		c. 1510's	United States	Leon, Ponce de	Florida invaded by Ponce de Leon.
World history		c. 1510's		Balboa, Vasco Nunez de	Balboa crosses Panama and discovers Pacific
World history		c. 1520's		Cortes, Herman	Cortes invades Mexico and conquers Aztecs.
World history		c. 1520's		Magellan	Magellan circumnavigates the globe.
World history		c. 1530's	Canada	Cartier, Jacque	Cartier explores the St. Lawrence.
World history		c. 1530's		De Vaca	De Vaca explores from gulf of Mexico to gulf of California.
World history		c. 1540's	United States	Soto, Ferdinand de	De Soto explores the southeastern USA.
World history		c. 1540's	United States	Coronado	Coronado explores the southwestern USA.
World history		c. 1570's		Drake, Francis	Drake circles globe.
World history		c. 1580's	United States	Raleigh, Sir Walter	Roanoke Virginia settlement disappears without a trace.
World history		c. 1600	United States		Jamestown, Virginia colony founded. John Smith saved by Pocahontas from Chief Powatan.
World history		c. 1600	Canada	Champlain, Samuel de	Champlain founds Quebec.
World history	Crime	c. 1600's	World		The taking of slaves from Africa was a major tragedy.
World history		c. 1620	United States		First slaves brought to Americas.
World history		c. 1620	United States		Mayflower brings Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
World history		c. 1620's	United States		New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony, will become New York.
World history		c. 1630's	United States		Roger Williams expelled from Massachussetts and founds Rhode Island, a colony of dissent.
World history		c. 1640's	United States		First American labor unions.
World history		c. 1650's	United States		Rhode Island outlaws slavery.
World history		c. 1670's	United States		Marquette and Joliet explore the Mississippi.
World history		c. 1690's	United States		Salem, Massachusetts hysteria and witch burnings.
World history		c. 1700's	United States		Dates that states entered union gives an idea how the US developed.
World history		c. 1700's	England		English Revolution
World history		c. 1700's	United States		Declaration of Independence. Constitution. Bill of Rights.
World history		c. 1700's	France		French Revolution
World history		c. 1710's	United States		New York City slave rebellion.
World history		c. 1760's	United States		Treaty of Paris. France cedes to Britain in new world.
World history		c. 1765	United States		Stamp Act imposes additional taxes on colonies by Britain.
World history		c. 1773	United States		Tea Act. Boston Tea Party.
World history		c. 1775	United States		Frist battles of American Revolution. Lexington and Concord. Bunker Hill.
World history		c. 1776	United States		American Revolution. People. (1) George Washington. Based out of Virginia. General of Revolutionary Army. First President. (2) Ben Franklin. Based out of Philadelphia. (3) Thomas Jefferson. Was for a rural agricultural society. Wrote Declaration of Independence. Monticello, VA. (4) Alexander Hamilton. Based out of New York City. Killed by Aarron Burr. Wrote Federalist Papers. (5) James Madison. Based out of Boston? (6) Thomas Paine. Wrote "Common Sense".
World history		c. 1776	United States		Independence from Britain in 1776. Genocide of American Indians. Slavery of blacks in south until Civil War, followed by racial segregation until the 1960's.
World history		c. 1776	United States		Amercian Revolution. Revolutionary War. Boston Tea Party. Tea Tax. Stamp Tax. Concord and Lexington. Valley Forge. Paul Revere's Ride. Washington crosses Potomac. How long did the war take? Total deaths.
World history		c. 1776	United States		Continental Congress. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation.
World history		c. 1776	United States		Tom Paine publishes Common Sense.
World history		c. 1783	United States		Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution
World history		c. 1788	United States		US constitution is ratified.
World history		c. 1790	United States		Shay's Rebellion. Whiskey Rebellion.
World history		c. 1800's	South America		South American nations gain independence from European powers. Haiti. Chile. Peru. Mexico. Brazil.
World history	Colonialism	c. 1800's	World		European powers Britain, Germany, France, Portugal set up colonies in Africa.
World history	Exploration	c. 1800's	United States		Opening of the West in early 1800's, Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, Kentucky. 1800, Louisiana Purchase. 1802, Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific, Sacajawea helps them. 1820's and 1830's, Mountain men, hunting and trapping, Kit Carson. 1850's and 1860's, gold rush in California and Yukon, miners in Nevada, Colorado, etc. Ranchers, cattle ranchers vs. sheep ranchers, farmers want to fence in land while herders want no fences. Indian Wars, Treaties, Reservations, Cheyenne, Sioux, Blackfoot, Crow, Sitting Bull, Geronimo. Closing of the West by the late 1800's, Trans-continental railroad, telegraph, automobile.
World history		c. 1800's	England		British Empire. South east aisa. Hong Kong. India.
World history	War	c. 1800's	United States		US Civil War. First shot a Fort Sumter. Vicksburg. Gettysburg, Grant (Union) vs. Lee (Confederacy), turning point of war in Unions favor. Sherman's March razed the South. Ironsides, Monitor vs. Merrimac. Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln frees the slaves. Surrender of South at Appomattox
World history	Crime	c. 1800's	United States		Slavery in the United States. First slaves brought to Americas when. Underground railroad, Harriet Tubman. John Brown, raid on Harper's Ferry. Civil war. Lincoln frees the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation. Frederick Douglas. Dred Scott. Abolitionists. Jim Crow period, reconstruction after the Civil War. Segregation, separate but equal. The Ku Klux Klan terroizes the south. 1950's and 1960's, civil rights movement. Integration of schools and society. Black Panthers.
World history		c. 1803	United States		Louisiana Purchase. Louis and Clark expedition.
World history		c. 1808	United States		Slave trading ended by act of Congress.
World history	War	c. 1815	France		Napolean defeated at Waterloo.
World history		c. 1816	Argentina		Independence from Spain in 1816.
World history		c. 1818	Chile		Independence from Spain in 1818.
World history		c. 1821	Brazil		Independence from Portugal in 1821.
World history		c. 1822	United States	Denmark, Vesey	Denmark Vesey slave rebellion.
World history		c. 1824	Peru		Independence of Peru from Spain. Fujimori dictator recently.
World history		c. 1825	Bolivia		Independence from Spain in 1825.
World history		c. 1830's	United States		Erie Canal connects Atlantic to Mississippi via Great Lakes.
World history		c. 1831	United States	Turner, Nat	Nat Turner slave rebellion.
World history		c. 1837	United States		Panic of 1837. Economic depression.
World history		c. 1846	United States		Mexican War. US takes Texas and southwest.
World history		c. 1849	United States		Gold Rush in California.
World history		c. 1860's	United States		Transcontinetnal railroad. Transcontinental telegraph.
World history	War	c. 1860's	United States		1860's. American Civil WarNorth vs South. Battles at Gettysburg. Sherman's march to sea.
World history		c. 1861	United States		American Civil War begins.
World history		c. 1862	United States	Lincoln, Abraham	Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves.
World history		c. 1870	United States		Fisk and Gould cause financial panic.
World history		c. 1870's	Europe		European nationalism. Germany. France. Italy.
World history		c. 1880's	United States		Labor Unions: Knights of Labor. Granger movement. National Farmer's Alliance. American Federation of Labor. Haymarket Riots in Chicago.
World history		c. 1888	United States		Great Blizzard.
World history		c. 1898	United States		Spanish American War. US invades Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and Phillipines.
World history		c. 1900's	United States		Teddy Roosevelt.
World history		c. 1905	United States		Industrial Workers of the World. Aka, The Wobblies.
World history	War	c. 1914	Europe		World War I. Somme, Verdun. Machine guns, tanks, poison gas, air war, trench warfare
World history		c. 1914	World		World War I begins.
World history		c. 1917	Russia		Russian Communist Revolution
World history		c. 1917	Russia		Russia had a communist revolution in 1917.
World history		c. 1918	World		World War I ends.
World history		c. 1918	World		Influeza epidemic.
World history		c. 1920's	Europe		League of Nations - precursor to U.N.
World history		c. 1920's	United States		Prohibition.
World history		c. 1923	Nepal		Independence from Britain in 1923. Pressured by communist China.
World history		c. 1925	United States		Scopes Trial over evolution.
World history	War	c. 1930's	Spain		Spanish Civil War
World history		c. 1930's	Germany		Hitler rises to power.
World history		c. 1932	United States		Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) elected president. New Deal.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 1934	United States		Dust Bowl in US midwest.
World history	War	c. 1938			Hitler invades Czechoslovakia.
World history		c. 1939	World		World War II begins. Germany invades Poland and Czhechoslovakia.
World history	War	c. 1939			Hitler invades Poland.
World history	War	c. 1940's	World		World War II. (1) Politics. Allies: American: Roosevelt. British: Churchill. Russian: Stalin. Axis: Germany: Hitler the bastard. Italy: Mussolini. Japan: emperor. (2) Battles. European theater: Battle of Atlantic, U-boats. Battle of Britain. Eastern (Russian) front, Stalilngrad. Africa: Tobruk and El Alamain. Battle of Bulge. D-Day at Normandy. Russia: Stalingrad. Pacific theater: Pearl Harbor. Midway. Okinawa. Iwo Jima. (3) The Holocaust. (4) Atom bomb. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
World history		c. 1940's	Japan		Fought with Axis in WWII. Kamakazis. Remarkable economic recovery.
World history		c. 1945	World		World War II ends.
World history		c. 1947	India		Ghandi led struggle for independence in 1947 from Britain.
World history		c. 1948	Israel		Created by UN in 1948. Palestinians want a homeland.
World history		c. 1948	Europe		Marshall Plan. Berlin Airlift.
World history		c. 1949	Europe		NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Allies against communist eastern europe.
World history		c. 1950's	India		Indian independence - Ghandi
World history		c. 1950's	World		Cold War. Stalin the bastard. Iron curtain. Arms race.
World history		c. 1950's	China		Sun Yat Sen. Chiang Kai Shek. Mao Ze Dong. Chinese Communist Revolution. Chinese Cultural Revolution - killing all the cultural types. Chinese Famine.
World history		c. 1950's	United States		McCarthyism. Red scare. HUAC House Un-American Activities Comittee. Blacklisting.
World history		c. 1950's	United States		McCarthyism. Blacklists. Communist witch hunts.
World history		c. 1950's	United States		Korean war.
World history	War	c. 1950's	Korea		Korean war.
World history		c. 1950's	United States		Civil rights struggle. School desegregation. Freedom riders.
World history		c. 1950's	World		Decolonization. India gains independence from Britain. British, French and Portugese colonies in Africa gain independence. France gives up Indochina. African colonies gain independence from European powers. Fanton
World history		c. 1959	United States	Brown, John	John Brown's anti-slavery raid against Harper's Ferry, Virginia
World history		c. 1959	Cuba		Cuba goes communist under Fidel Castro.
World history		c. 1960's	Cuba		Cuban Missle Crisis. Bay of Pigs invasion attempt.
World history		c. 1960's	Europe		Protests in Paris and Prague
World history	War	c. 1960's	Vietnam		Vietnam war. Vietnam war protests. Anti-war movement. Peace movement.
World history	Crime	c. 1963	United States		JFK assassinated.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 1964	United States		Earthquake in Alaska.
World history	Crime	c. 1965	United States		Malcom X assasinated.
World history	Crime	c. 1968	United States		Martin Luther King Jr assassinated.
World history		c. 1968	United States		Shirley Chisholm first black woman elected to congress.
World history	Crime	c. 1968	United States		Robert F Kennedy assassinated.
World history	War crime	c. 1969	United States		Mai Lai massacare. US troops kill Vietnamese non-combatants.
World history		c. 1970's	United States		Hostage crisis
World history		c. 1970's	Argentina		Dirty War. The Disappeared.
World history		c. 1970's	United States		Nixon impeached. Nixon resigns.
World history		c. 1970's	United States		Carter administration.
World history	Crime	c. 1971	United States		Attica prison riot.
World history		c. 1971	Bangladesh		Independence from Britain in 1971.
World history	Crime	c. 1971	United States		Manson family killings.
World history	War	c. 1973	United States		Roe v. Wade decision by Supreme Court makes abortion legal.
World history		c. 1974	United States		Watergate scandal leads to resignation of President Nixon.
World history	War	c. 1974	United States		US withdraws from Vietnam.
World history		c. 1975	Angola		Independence from Portugal in 1975.
World history	Crime	c. 1978			Jonestown 1000 mass suicides in Guiana, led by Reverend Jim Jones.
World history	Terrorism	c. 1979			US hostages taken in Iran.
World history		c. 1979	Iran		American hostage crisis in Iran.
World history	Terrorism	c. 1980			US hostages in Iran released.
World history		c. 1980	Iceland		Worlds first female president in 1980.
World history	War	c. 1980	Russia		USSR invades Afghanistan.
World history		c. 1980	United States		US Presidential election, Reagan wins over Carter.
World history		c. 1980's	South America		El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
World history		c. 1980's	Europe		Fall of Communism. Democracy spreading. Russia: Gorbachov, Yeltsin, Putin. Glastnost, perestroika. Lithuania, Ukraine. East Germany. Romania: Ceacescu brutal dictatorship overthrown. Hungary, Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia's splits up
World history		c. 1980's	United States		Reagan administration.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 1980's	United States		Volcano erupts on Mount St. Helens.
World history		c. 1980's	United States		Iran Contra Scandal
World history		c. 1980's	China		Tianamen Square in China
World history		c. 1982	Argentina		Falklands war with Britain in 1982
World history	Terrorism	c. 1983			Terrorist bombing of Marines in Lebanon.
World history	War	c. 1983			US invades Grenada.
World history		c. 1984	India		Bhopal chemical accident in 1984.
World history		c. 1984	United States		US Presidential election. Reagan/Bush beats Mondale/Ferraro. Geraldine Ferraro first female US VP candidate.
World history		c. 1986	Russia		Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
World history		c. 1988	United States		Presidential election Bush over Dukakis.
World history	Terrorism	c. 1988			Pan Am flight 103 shot down over Lockerbie, Scotland.
World history		c. 1989	China		Tianemen Square crackdown in 1989.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 1989	United States		Earthquake in San Francisco, CA.
World history	War	c. 1990			Iraq invades Kuwait. USA invades Iraq.
World history		c. 1990	Haiti		Jean Aristide elected president in 1990.
World history		c. 1990's	United States		Clinton has an affair. Woop de doo. Invasion of private sex lives begins
World history		c. 1990's	Europe		European Union. Single currency and reduced trade barriers. The Euro is the new currency.
World history		c. 1990's	United States		Newt Gingrich steps down. Republican congress backfires.
World history	War	c. 1990's	Europe		Serb vs. Croats War
World history	Crime	c. 1990's	Rwanda		Rwanda genocide
World history		c. 1990's	Balkans		Balkan war in 1992. Serbian Slobodon Milosovec accussed of war crimes for murdering Muslims in Kosovo.
World history	Crime	c. 1990's			Unabomber case. Theodore Kazcyinski.
World history		c. 1990's	Russia		Russia moving toward democracy. Problems with organized crime.
World history		c. 1990's	Russia		Chechnya revolts against Russia
World history		c. 1990's	China		China becoming democratic and capitalistic.
World history		c. 1990's	Poland		Poland regains independence from Soviet control.
World history	Crime	c. 1991	United States		Rodney King case. Police brutality.
World history		c. 1992	United States		Clinton beats Bush.
World history		c. 1993	Somalia		Blackhawk down.
World history	Crime	c. 1993	United States		Waco Texas. Branch Davidians. David Koresh.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 1993	United States		Perfect storm in north atlantic.
World history		c. 1995	Japan		Subway gas attack by religious cult in 1995.
World history	Terrorism	c. 1995	United States		Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McViegh.
World history	Crime	c. 1995	United States		OJ Simpson murder case. Simpson acquited in criminal case. Simpson found liable and fined in civil case.
World history		c. 1995	Rwanda		Genocide kills 1 million.
World history		c. 1997	China		In 1997 China absorbed Hong Kong from the British.
World history		c. 1997	Indonesia		Asian financial crisis in 1997.
World history		c. 1998	United States		Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
World history	Crime	c. 1999	United States		Abner Louima case, where New York City police sexually abuse an innocent man.
World history	Crime	c. 1999	United States		Amadou Diallo case, where New York City police kill an innocent man.
World history	Crime	c. 1999	United States		Colombine, Colorado. Student killings.
World history		c. 200
World history		c. 2000	United States		Independent prosecuter clears Clinton's in Whitewater case.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2000			World Trade Center bombing in 90's. USS Coles. Kenya Hotel. Bali hotel bombing. Spain train bombing. Televised beheadings by terrorists. Bus bombings in Israel.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2000			USS Cole attack.
World history		c. 2000	United States		The bogus Presidential election.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2001	United States		9/11 attack on World Trade Center by Al Quaeda and Osama Bin Laden.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2001	United States		Anthrax attacks appear to be done by someone within the US.
World history		c. 2001	Japan		Junichiro Koizumi elected prime minister in 2001.
World history		c. 2002	Russia		Bombing in theater by Chechnyan terrorists.
World history		c. 2002	Spain		Prestige oil tanker spill off Spanish coast.
World history	War	c. 2002			US war against Taliban in Afghanistan
World history		c. 2002	United States		Homeland security act
World history	War	c. 2003	United States		US throws out the Geneva Convention. Prisoner detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
World history	War	c. 2003	United States		US invasion of Iraq.
World history	War	c. 2003			Capture of Saddam Husein. Osama Bin Laden still at large.
World history		c. 2003	Russia		Terror bombing in elementary school by Chechnyan terrorists.
World history		c. 2004	United States		Bush takes Florida and Ohio to win US presedential election.
World history	Natural disasters	c. 2004	Asia		Tsunami in Indian Ocean
World history		c. 2004	Indonesia		Tsunami in Indonesia kills 250,000 people, December, 2004.
World history		c. 2004	United States		Bush running up a huge deficit. Bush is not a fiscal conservative.
World history	Crime	c. 2004	Sudan		Sudan genocide.
World history		c. 2004	Haiti		Aristide, president of Hatii, flees.
World history	Religion	c. 2004	United States		Sexual abuse of children by priests in US.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2004	Russia		Terror attach in Chechnyan school.
World history		c. 2004	Sudan		Ethnic warfare between muslims and africans kills thousands.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2004	Spain		Terrorist bombings in Spain
World history	War	c. 2004	United States		Abu Ghraib prison scandal involving torture of Iraqi civilians by US personel.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Protestors for peace in Texas. Cindy Sheehan leads anti-war protestors outside of Bush ranch.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Bush budget slashes social services.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Bush loses fight to revamp Social Security. That's good he lost.
World history	Crime	c. 2005	United States		Two NYC cops doing mob hits.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Karl Rove outed CIA agent Valerie Plame. Karl Rove should be fired.
World history		c. 2005	United States		NYT reports US government planting fake reporters and news reports.
World history		c. 2005	Israel		Israel pulls settlers out of the Gaza Strip.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans and kills about 1500 people on August 30, 2005.
World history		c. 2005	World		G8 Meeting in July.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2005	United Kingdom		London terror bombing.
World history		c. 2005	United Kingdom		Live 8 concert led by Bob Geldorf and Bono. Pink Floyd reunites.
World history	Terrorism	c. 2005	Egypt		Terror bombing at Egyptian resort in July, 2005.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Identity of Deep Throat revealed. Deep Throat was Mark Felt in the CIA.
World history		c. 2005	United States		Bush appointing Supreme Court Justices to replace O'Connor and Rhenquist. That's a bad thing.
World History		c. 2005	United States		Hurricane Rita hits Texas in late September, 2005.
World History		c. 2005	United States		Peace March in Washington in late September, 2005.
World history		c. 300
World history		c. 400	Rome		Rome Falls
World history		c. 500
World history		c. 600
World history		c. 700
World history		c. 800
World history		c. 900	Europe		The Dark Ages.
World history			Costa Rica		Strong tradition of democracy. No army!
World history			Columbia		Columbia has a drug problem. Pablo Escobar, the Medin drug cartel and the Cali drug cartel killed their way into government.
World history			Greenland		Greenland currently is under control of Denmark. Greenland deserves independence.
World history			Taiwan		Taiwan shoud be independent.
World history			Indonesia		Indonesia is 90% Muslim. Many Indonesians want a theocracy of Islamic government and law.
World history			Brazil		Rainforest being cut down.
World history			Caucuses		Georgia. Armenia. Azerbajan. The Cauuses have oil.
World history			China		China has a poor human rights record.
World history			Australia		Indigenous aborigines. Colonized by England.
World history			East Timor		Invaded by Indonesia in 1976 with thousands killed in genocide. Achieved nationhood in 2002.
World history			Lebanon		Civil war from 1975 to 1990. Hezbollah. 1980 bombings of US embassy.
World history			Canada		There is a separatist movement in Quebec. Quebec is French speaking and wants independence.
World history			Kuwait		Invaded by Iraq under Sadam Hussein in early 1990's. Multinational UN force liberates it.
World history			Afghanistan		Intervention, liberation, occupation or invasion by US in 1992.
World history			Cambodia		Genocide under Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge kills 1 million. Killing Fields.
World history			Afghanistan		Afghanistan is a leading supplier of heroin which is produced from poppy plants.
World history			Argentina		Pampas provide grain and beef.
World history			Afghanistan		Unocal wants to run an oil pipeline through Afghanistan.
World history			Afghanistan		In the 1990's Afghanistan was under an oppressive religious fundamentalist regime called the Taliban.
World history			Russia		Yeltsin.
World history			Argentina		The "Disappeared" were thousands killed by military dictatorship.
World history			Argentina		Nazi's fled to Argentina after WWII
World history			Romania		Ceaucescu dictatorship.
World history			Egypt		Nassar, Sadat, Mubarak.
World history			India		India has nuclear weapons.
World history			China		Republic under Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai Shek.
World history			Venezuala		Venezuala produces beauty queens too.
World history			Iraq		War with Iran in 1980's. Saddam Hussein was Iraq's dictator. Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990's. US deposed Sadam Hussein in 2003.
World history			China		China invaded Tibet. Free Tibet.
World history			China		China does not allow freedom of religion.
World history			China		Mao Tse Tong. 1950-1975. Millions die from famine.
World history			Venezuala		Venezuala has the most oil of any country is the western hemisphere.
World history			Afghanistan		Afghanistan was invaded (occupied or liberated) by the US in 2002
World history			Vietnam		Vietnam war in 1960's and 1970's. North Vietnam, supported by communist China and Russia, fought against South Vietnam, supported by United States. US casualties were 50,000 killed.
World history			China		China does not have a free press.
World history			China		China has a huge population. Female infanticide.
World history			China		China is occupying Tibet.
World history			China		China was invaded by Japan in WWII.
World history			Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia is a big oil producer. The Saudi governmetn is a repressive theocracy. The 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
World history			Spain		Basque separatist movement (ETA). Catalonian region also wants independence.
World history			Spain		Invaded by Moors in middle ages.
World history			Peru		Inca civilization in Andes mountains was subject to genocide by Spanish conquerors.
World history			China		Communist under Mao Tse Tung in 1949, followed by Deng Xio Ping and Jiang Zemin.
World history			China		China makes every product sold in the United States.
World history			Iran		Iran fought a war with Iraq in the 1980's.
World history			Russia		Russia invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Retreated ten years later.
World history			Russia		Gorbachev. Perestroika or restructuring. Glasnost.
World history			South Africa		1980's overthrow of apartheid social policy of racial segregation. Nelson Mandela great leader.
World history			Russia		Lenin.
World history			Iran		Iran was formerly known as Persia. Iranians are Persians, not Arabs.
World history			Iran		The Shah of Iran was overthrown in the 1970's and the Ayatollah Khomeni took his place and installed an Islamic government. Next came Khameni, a conservative. Next was Khatami, a progressive.
World history			Iraq		Iraq was formerly known as Mesopotamia. Iraq has lots of oil.
World history			Mexico		President Vincente Fox
World history			Iran		Shah of Iran deposed in 1970's. Islamic fundamentalist religious dictatorship set up under Ayatollah Kohmeni. War with Iraq in 1980's.
World history			Russia		Russia has big oil reserves.
World history			Russia		Putin.
World history			Somalia		Recent famines kill thousands.
World history			Portugal		Fascist dictatorships.
World history			Venezuala		President Hugo Chavez
World history			Spain		Spanish civil war in 1930's between left wing coalition of labor and communists and right wing fascist coalition of military, church, entrenched money and power elites led by Franco.
World history			Indonesia		There was a genocide of East Timorese by Indonesia in the 1970's and 1980's.
World history			Saudi Arabia		Vast oil reserves. Poor record of human rights. Islamic fundamentalism.
World history			China		China cracking down on Falun Gong religious group. China represses dissenters. China does not allow free speech. That is bad.
World history			Russia		Stalin Era. Iron Curtain over Eastern Europe. Cold War with United States. Gulag Archipeligo prison camp system kills millions.
World history			Somalia		Famine. Civil war.
World history			Slovakia		Formerly part of Czechoslovakia
World history			Puerto Rico		Puerto Rico is currently a US colony. Puerto Rico deserves independence.
World history			Israel		Israel has nuclear weapons. Occupied territories in West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights.
World history			Libya		Khadafi.
World history			United Kingdom		Colonial era.
World history			Ireland		IRA. Sinn Fein. Gerry Adams.
World history			Mexico		The Zapatista rebellion of poor southern Mexicans led by subcommander Marcos,
World history			Jordan		King Hussein.
World history			China		China wants to keep Taiwan. Free Taiwan.
World history			Japan		Economic recovery feuled by cars and electronics.
World history			Libya		Mommar Khadaffi is dictator of Libya.
World history			Jamaica		Reggae.
World history			Kenya		Independence from Britain in 1963.
World history			Peru		Shining Path guerillas
World history			Panama		Dictatorship under Noriega ended in 1980's.
World history			Romania		Dictator Ceaucescu overthrown in early 1990's
World history			Switzerland		Switzerland claimed to be "neutral" in WWII. Profited from all sides during two world wars.
World history			Singapore		Rapidly modernizing. Oppressive government.
World history			North Korea		Korean war in 1950's between North Korea (backed by China) and South Korea (backed by United States). Repressive communist regime. Famines. Kim Il Sung.
World history			New Zealand		Indigenous Maori. New Zealand raises lots of sheep.
World history			Ireland		Civil war between Northern Ireland (British, Protestant) and Southern Ireland (Irish, Catholic). Irish Republican Army. IRA. Sinn Fein terror bombings against British.
World history			Palestine		Arafat died in 2004. PLO. Hammas.
World history			Pakistan		Pakistan is a muslim country. Border disputes with India regarding Kashmir region.
World history			Iraq		Iraq has Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
World history			Uganda		Dictatorship under Idi Amin.
World history			Mexico		Malquiladoras are border towns where US companies go for cheap labor and low taxes.
World history			Egypt		Egyptian dictators: Nassar 54-70. Sadat 70-81. Mubarak 81-present.
World history			Cuba		Guantanamo Bay is a US military base on Cuba. Why do we have a base on Cuba.
World history			Afghanistan		Hamid Kharzai elected president of Afghanistan in 2004.
World history			China		Jiang Zemin currently leads China.
World history			Cuba		Communist under Castro since 1950's.
World history			Afghanistan		Afghanistan invaded by Russians in 1980's. US backed the Mujahideen to fight the Russians. Russia retreated after 10 years.
World history			India		India has a border conflict with Pakistan over the Kashmir region.
World history			Albania		Communist till 1992.
World history			Argentina		Military dictatorship of Juan Peron.
World history			India		India is predominantly Hindu. Pakistan is predominantly Muslim.
World history			Cuba		United States has an economic embargo against Cuba. Why?
World history			China		China backed North Korea in the Korean war.
World history			Croatia		Formerly Serbo-Croatia.
World history			Democratic Republic of Congo.		Formerly known as Zaire.
World history			Nicaragua		Dictatorship under Samoza family. Left wing Sandanistas rebel. Right wing Contras retaliate, backed by US trying to protect its own business interests. Iran-Contra scandal hits Regan administration.
World history			Afghanistan		Afghanistan invaded by British in 1900's. Afghanistan gained independence from Britain in the year _.
World history			Egypt		Religious militants in Egypt want Islamic government and law.
World history			Stans		The Stan countries are also known as CARS (Central Asian Republics) Tajikistan. Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan. Kyrgyzstan. Kazakstan.
World history			Cuba		Fidel Castro leads communist revolution in 1950's, throwing out Baptista regime.
World history			Myannmar.		Formerly known as Burma.
World history			Czech Republic		Formerly part of Czechoslovakia.
World history			Phillipines		Occupied by Spain. 1898 occupation by United States. Independence in year ? Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos thrown out in 1980's. Corizon Aquino. Gloria Arroyo elected in 2001. Muslim guerilla terrorism. Communist guerilla terrorism.
World history			United Kingdom		Winston Churchill, an FDR clone? Margret Thatcher, a Reagan clone? Tony Blair, a Bush clone?
World history			India		Fundamentalists Hindus as bad as fundamentalist Muslims and fundamentalist Christians.
World history			India		Border disputes between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
World history			Japan		High suicide rate.
World history			Columbia		Drugs. Crime. Kidnappings.
World history			Sudan		Civil war because Sudan stretches from Muslim north Africa to non-muslim central africa. Famine. Slavery.
World history			Sudan		Independence from Britain in 1956.
World history			United Kingdom		England, Wales, Scotland and North Ireland.
World history			Turkey		Turkey is a link between Europe and the Middle East. Ottoman Empire. Ataturk led modern Turkey. Turkey is an Islamic country trying to join the EU. Kurd population in southern Turkey.
World history			Syria		Before 1916 Syria included Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.
World history			El Salvador		Military dictatorship supported by US. Sandinista government was a left wing popularly elected government. Contras were US backed, right wing death squads who fought against Sandinistas..
World history			China		Deng Xio Ping.
World history			Germany		WWI. WWII. Hitler. Holocaust. East Germany went under control of USSR. Reunification in late 1980's.
World history			Indonesia		A colony of Dutch, then Japanese. Dictator Sukarno followed by dictator Suharto.
World history			Haiti		Poppa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier were dictators from 1957 to 1987.
World history			India		Sikhs want the Punjab.
World history			India		India is a democracy.
World history			Balkans		Serbs and Croats formerly Serbocroatia. Czechs and Slovaks formerly Czechoslovakia. Bosnians and Herzogovinans formerly Bosnia-Herzogovina.
World history			Algeria		Independence from France in early 1960's.
World history			Chile		Dictatorship under Pinochet in 1970's through 1980's. US supported Pinochet.
World history			North Korea		Kim Jong Il is dictator of North Korea. North Korea has a nuclear program. North Korea has many people starving.
World History		c. 2005	Pakistan, India		Earthquake kills 50,000 people in Kashmir on the border of Pakistan and India on October 8, 2005. Thousands more injured. Millions homeless. Winter fast approaching.
World History			Africa		African cities. Songhay. Timbuktu. Mali.
World History			Africa, southern		Zulu nation
World History			Africa, northern
World History	List of nations		Afghanistan
World History	List of nations		Albania
World History	List of nations		Algeria
World History	List of nations		Andorra
World History	List of nations		Angola
World History	List of nations		Argentina
World History	List of nations		Armenia
World History	List of nations		Australia
World History	List of nations		Austria
World History	List of nations		Azerbaijan
World History	List of nations		Bahamas
World History	List of nations		Bahrain
World History	List of nations		Bangladesh
World History	List of nations		Barbados			Carribean.
World History	List of nations		Belarus
World History	List of nations		Belgium
World History	List of nations		Belize
World History	List of nations		Benin
World History	List of nations		Bhutan
World History	List of nations		Bolivia
World History	List of nations		Botswana
World History	List of nations		Brasil
World History	List of nations		Brunei
World History	List of nations		Bulgaria
World History	List of nations		Burkina
World History	List of nations		Cambodia
World History	List of nations		Cameroon
World History	List of nations		Canada
World History	List of nations		Carolines
World History	List of nations		Ceylon
World History	List of nations		Chad
World History	List of nations		Chile
World History	List of nations		China
World History	List of nations		Columbia
World History	List of nations		Cook Islands
World History	List of nations		Costa Rica
World History	List of nations		Croatia
World History	List of nations		Cuba
World History	List of nations		Czech Republic
World History	List of nations		Dahomey
World History	List of nations		Dem Rep Congo
World History	List of nations		Denmark
World History	List of nations		Dominican Republic
World History	List of nations		East Timor			East Timor gain nationhood during the 1990's.
World History	List of nations		Easter Island
World History	List of nations		Ecuador
World History	List of nations		Egypt
World History	List of nations		El Salvador
World History	List of nations		Eritrea
World History	List of nations		Estonia
World History	List of nations		Ethiopia
World History	List of nations		Fiji
World History	List of nations		Finland
World History	List of nations		France
World History	List of nations		French Guyana
World History	List of nations		Gabon
World History	List of nations		Gambia
World History	List of nations		Georgia
World History	List of nations		Germany
World History	List of nations		Ghana
World History	List of nations		Greece
World History	List of nations		Greenland
World History	List of nations		Guatamala
World History	List of nations		Guyana
World History	List of nations		Haiti
World History	List of nations		Honduras
World History	List of nations		Hungary
World History	List of nations		Iceland
World History	List of nations		India
World History	List of nations		Indonesia
World History	List of nations		Iran
World History	List of nations		Iraq
World History	List of nations		Ireland
World History	List of nations		Israel
World History	List of nations		Italy
World History	List of nations		Jamaica
World History	List of nations		Japan
World History	List of nations		Jordan
World History	List of nations		Kazakstan
World History	List of nations		Kenya
World History	List of nations		Kuwait
World History	List of nations		Kyrgyztan
World History	List of nations		Laos
World History	List of nations		Laos
World History	List of nations		Latvia
World History	List of nations		Lebanon
World History	List of nations		Lesotho
World History	List of nations		Liberia
World History	List of nations		Libya
World History	List of nations		Lichtenstein
World History	List of nations		Lithuania
World History	List of nations		Macedonia
World History	List of nations		Madegascar
World History	List of nations		Malawi
World History	List of nations		Malaysia
World History	List of nations		Mali
World History	List of nations		Marshal Islands
World History	List of nations		Mauritania
World History	List of nations		Melanisia
World History	List of nations		Mexico
World History	List of nations		Micronesia
World History	List of nations		Moldavia
World History	List of nations		Mongolia			Mongolia and Tibet should be independent nations, not territories of Chinese imperialism.
World History	List of nations		Morocco
World History	List of nations		Mozambique
World History	List of nations		Myanmar			Formerly known as Burma.
World History	List of nations		Namibia
World History	List of nations		Nepal
World History	List of nations		Netherlands
World History	List of nations		New Zealand			Lots of sheep.
World History	List of nations		Nicaragua
World History	List of nations		Niger
World History	List of nations		Nigeria
World History	List of nations		North Korea
World History	List of nations		Norway
World History	List of nations		Oman
World History	List of nations		Pakistan
World History	List of nations		Panama			Panama Canal handed over to Panama in 1990's.
World History	List of nations		Papua New Guinea
World History	List of nations		Paraguay
World History	List of nations		Peru
World History	List of nations		Peurto Rico			Puerto Rico, three options: Remain a territory; Become a state; Become an independent nation. Puerto Rico should be an independent nation, not an example of US imperialism.
World History	List of nations		Phillipines
World History	List of nations		Poland
World History	List of nations		Portugal
World History	List of nations		Quatar
World History	List of nations		Romania
World History	List of nations		Russia
World History	List of nations		Rwanda
World History	List of nations		Saudi Arabia
World History	List of nations		Senegal
World History	List of nations		Singapore
World History	List of nations		Slovakia
World History	List of nations		Slovenia
World History	List of nations		Somalia
World History	List of nations		South Africa
World History	List of nations		South Korea
World History	List of nations		Spain
World History	List of nations		St. Kitts			Carribean.
World History	List of nations		St. Lucia			Carribean.
World History	List of nations		St. Thomas			Carribean.
World History	List of nations		Sudan
World History	List of nations		Suriname
World History	List of nations		Swaziland
World History	List of nations		Sweeden
World History	List of nations		Switzerland
World History	List of nations		Syria
World History	List of nations		Tailand
World History	List of nations		Taiwan			Taiwan should be a sovereign nation, independent of China.
World History	List of nations		Tajikistan
World History	List of nations		Tanzinia
World History	List of nations		Togo
World History	List of nations		Tunisia
World History	List of nations		Turkey
World History	List of nations		Turkmenistan
World History	List of nations		Uganda
World History	List of nations		Ukraine
World History	List of nations		United Arab Emirates
World History	List of nations		United Kingdom
World History	List of nations		United States
World History	List of nations		Uruguay
World History	List of nations		Uzbekistan
World History	List of nations		Venezuala
World History	List of nations		Vietnam
World History	List of nations		Virgin Islands			Carribean.
World History	List of nations		Yemen
World History	List of nations		Yugoslavia
World History	List of nations		Zambia
World History	List of nations		Zimbabwe
World History			America, southern		Inca civilization.
World History			America, central		Maya civilization.
World History			America, northern		American Indian cultures
World History			America, central		Toltec civilization.
World History			America, central		Aztec civilization.
World History	Exploration			Cortes, Herman
World History	Exploration			Pissaro
World History	Exploration			Magellan
World History	Exploration			Cook
World History	Exploration		Portugal	Vasco de Gama
World History	Exploration		France	Marquette
World History	Exploration		France	Joliette
World History	Exploration			Columbus
World History	Exploration			Verazano
World History	Exploration		England	Hudson
World History					Persian Empire. Darius was a king. Zoroastrism was the religion.
World History					Israel. Hebrews. Saul, David, Solomon were kings. Judaism was a religion..
World History					Greece. Athens and Sparta in the Peloponesian war.
World History					Macedonia. Alexander the Great.
World History					Roman republic. Roman empire.
World History					Byzantine empire.
World History					Ottoman empire
World History			Russia		Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. Catherine the Great.
World History					Islam. Mohammed. The Koran. Ummayads. Abbasids.
World History					Dark Ages in Europe.
Economics and business					Feudalism.
Economics and business					Guilds
Economics and business					Mercantilism
Economics and business					Stock markets. Wall Street founded in late 1700's.
Economics and business					Corporations.
Economics and business					Monopolies. Robber Barrons. Anti-trust legislation.
Economics and business					Great Depression. New Deal. Social Security. Unemployment insurance.
World History
World History			Europe		Renaissance. Humanists like Petrarch and Bocaccio.
World History			Europe		Black Plague kills millions in Europe.
Economics and business					Trade routes across the Middle East to China. Marco Polo.
Science			Europe		Scientific Revolution in Europe. Copernicus. Galileo. Newton.
Religion			Europe		Protestant Reformation. Luther. 95 theses.
Religion			Europe		Spanish Inquisition. Counter-reformation. Witch burning. Torture.
World History			Europe		Charlemagne.
World History			Europe		Carolingian empire in Europe.
World History			Europe		Vikings.
World History					Universities in Oxford, Paris, etc.
World History		c. -3000	Mesopotamia		Sumer. Sumerians.
World History			Mesopotamia		Akkad. Akkadians.
			Mesopotamia		Assyrians
World History		c. -2000	Mesopotamia		Babylonians. Hamurabi's code. Nebuchadnezzar.
World History		c. -3000	Egypt		Nile river valley civilizations
		c -3000	Egypt		Old Kingdom
World History		c. -2000	Egypt		Middle Kingdom
World History		c. -1000	Egypt		New Kingdom. Akhenaton. Tutankamen. Ramses.
World History			India		Indus river valley civilization. Hinduism was the religion. Works of literature: Vedas. Brahmanas. Upanishads. Mahabarata. Ramayana.
Religion			India.		Buddha. Buddhism.
World History			India		Mauryan empire.
World History			India		Gupta empire.
World History					Cannanites in Syria
World History					Hittites in Asia Minor.
			Mediteranian		Mycenaeans in Crete
World History			Mediteranian		Minoans in Crete.
			Mediteranian		Phonecians
			Mediteranian		Etruscans
			Mediteranian		Aegeans
World History			China		Origins of Chinese civilization in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys
World History			China		Xia dyanasty.
World History		c. -1500 to -1000	China		Shang Dynasty - 1500 - 1000 BC
World History		?	China		Shwing dynasty.
World History		c. -200 to 0	China		Chin or Qin dynasty
World History		c. 0 to 200	China		Han dynasty
World History		c. 200 to 600	China		Six dynasties
World History		c. 600 to 950	China		Tang dynasty and Five dynasties
World History		c. 950 to 1250	China		Song or Sung dynasty.
World History		c. 1200 to 1350	China		Yuan dynasty
World History		c. 1350 to 1650	China		Ming dynasty.
World History		c. 1650 to 1911	China		Ching dynasty
World History		c. 1200	China		Mongols. Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan.
Religion			China		Confucius. Confucianism is not so much a religion as it is a philosophy. Confucianism focuses on societal ethics.
Religion			China.		Taoism.
World History			China		Ming dynasty.
World History			Europe		Industrial Revolution. Steam engine.
World History			Europe		Enlightenment. Age of Reason. Voltaire. Diderot. Encyclopedists.
World History			Europe		Romanticism in the Arts. Emphasis on sensation and emotion.
World History			England		Magna Carta. Cromwell. Glorious Revolution.
World History			France		French Revolution. Estates General. National Assembly. Storming of Bastille. Reign of Terror. Lavoisier executed. Robespierre. Napolean.
World History		2005	Germany		First woman leader of Germany elected.
World History		2005			Harriet Myers withdrawn as nominee for Supreme Court Justice. Alito nominated instead.
World History		2005			Tom Delay indicted for corruption in fund raising. Scooter Libby indicted in outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
World History		2005			Riots in France in November 2005 by young Muslims who are angry about discrimination. Many cars burned.
World History		2005			Terror bombings at three hotels on same day in Jordan in November, 2005.
World History		2005			US government planting stories in the press. The mainstream media contains government war propaganda. The mainstream media is not reliable.
World History		2005			December, 2005. British playwright Harold Pinter accepts Nobel Prize in Literature by giving an acceptance speech that criticizes the Bush administration for lying the US into a war in Iraq. Pinter also criticized the Blair adminstration for following Bush on a leash.
World History		2005			December, 2005. Richard Pryor died.
World History		2005			September, 2005. Hurricane Rita
World History		2005			September 25, 2005. 200,000 in anti-war march on Washington.
World History		2002			China puts a man in space, thereby joining the US and Russia as countries that have put people into space.
World History		1980's			Music. New Romantics, synth driven, dance beat. Hair metal.
World History		2005			Corporate America is welching on pensions. The workers who gave their lives for a pension are being screwed by the corporations.
World History		2006	United States		January, 2006. Jack Abramov scandal. Joins felow scandal plagued Republicans Tom Delay, Scooter Libby.
World History		2006	United States		January, 2006. Bush admits spying on US citizens without a court order.
World History		2005	World		Bird flu pandemic concerns.
World History		2005	United States		US supreme court. John Roberts nominated. Harriet Myers nomination withdrawn. Sammuel Alito nominated.
World History		2005	Germany		Angela Merkel is the new Chancelor of Germany
World History		2006	United States		Bush authorized spying on US citizens without a warrant.
World History		2006	Chile		Left-wing, liberal woman elected president of Chile
World History		2006	Palestine		Hamas wins election in Palestine.
World History		2006	United States		1/15/2006. Representitive Bob Murtha, a veteran, speaks out agains Iraq war.
World History		2006	United States		1/20/2006. Harry Belafonte, a fine political activist, speaks out against Bush administration.
World History		2006	United States		Spy gate. Bush is spying without a warrant on the American people.
World History		2006	United States		Unitary executive bullshit. Bush is using signing statements to avoid the law.
World History		2006	Egypt		Egyptian ferry disaster kills about 1000.
World History		2005	France		Face transplant.
World History		2006	United States		Massachusetts gay bar shooting.
World History		2006	United States		1/15/2006. US bombs an entire Pakistani village, leaving 20 people dead.
World History		2006			February, 2006. Cartoon riots in the Muslim world. Muslims upset that a Danish newspaper printed cartoons depicting Mohammed.
World History		2006	United States		February, 2006. Dick Cheney shoots his friend in the face with a shotgun. Local police told to stay away. Was Cheney drunk?
World History		2006	United States		February, 2006. Bush approves a plan to have US port security handled by the United Arab Emirates. Another bad idea by Bush.
World History		2006	United States		March, 2006. Riots in France to protest anti-youth labor laws.
World History		2006	United States		April, 2006. Rallies in the U.S. to protest anti-immigration laws.
World History		2006	United States		April, 2006. Gas prices rising above $3 a gallon. Meanwhile oil companies report biggest profits ever.
World History		2006			April, 2006. Iran reports that it has nukes. Is the United States stupid enough to invade Iran?
World History		2006	Palestine		March, 2006. Hamas elected ruling party in Palestine.
World History		2006	World		Glaciers are melting the world over, due to global warming.
World History		2006	Bolivia		Evo Morales elected president of Bolivia. Allies with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba. Nationalizes the country's oil industry.
World History		2006	Cuba		Fidel Castro is a dictator who does not allow free elections.
World History		2006	Italy		Prodi beats Berlusconi in presidential election.
World History		2006	Nepal		Rebel Maoists causing violence. Why did China invade Tibet but not Nepal?
World History		2006	Sudan		Muslims causing genocide
World History		2006	Canada		Conservative Stephen Harper elected prime minister, that's bad.
World History		2006	Mexico		President Vincente Fox has to deal with Zapatistas
World History		2006	Japan		Japan is coming out of a recession
World History		2006	Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia quashes women's rights.
World History		2006	Turkey		Turkey wants to enter the European Union one minute, and the next minute radical muslims threaten to take over the country.
World History		2006	Russia		Putin is making Russia less democratic.
World History		2006	United States		The NSA has our phone records. The NSA is spying on our phone calls.
World History	Cultural anthropology	c. -30000			Explosion of human creativity around thirty thousand years ago
World History	Cultural anthropology	c. -10000			Civilization beginning around ten thousand years ago. Domestication of plants and animals. Enduring settlements, towns, cities, kingdoms.
World History	Physical anthropology	c. -10000000			When did monkeys split from lemurs? When did apes split from monkeys?
World History	Physical anthropology	c. -1000000			One million years ago, how widespread were humans, and how many were there?
World History	Physical anthropology	c. -100000			Modern humans (homo sapiens)
World History	Physical anthropology	c. -7000000			Human origins around seven million years ago.
World History	Sports	c. 2005	United States		2005. Hockey season cancelled.
World History	Sports	c. 2005	United States		2005. Baseball steroid scandal.
World History		c. 1977	United States		1977. Roots is watched by millions on televison.
World History	Geology and biology	-4,600,000,000			1. Precambrian era. Starts 4.6 billion years ago.
World History	Geology and biology				2. Paleozoic era.
World History	Geology and biology	-570,000,000			2.1. Cambrian period. Starts 570 million years ago.
World History	Geology and biology	-500,000,000			2.2. Ordovician period. 500 mill
World History	Geology and biology	-430,000,000			2.3. Silurian period. 430 mill
World History	Geology and biology	-395,000,000			2.4. Devonian period. 395 mill
World History	Geology and biology	-345,000,000			2.5. Carboniferous period. 345 mill
World History	Geology and biology	-280,000,000			2.6. Permian period. 280 mill
World History	Geology and biology				3. Mesozoic era.
World History	Geology and biology	-225,000,000			3.1. Triassic period. 225 million years ago.
World History	Geology and biology	-195,000,000			3.2. Jurassic period. 195 mill
World History	Geology and biology	-135,000,000			3.3. Cretaceous period. 135 mill
World History	Geology and biology				4. Cenozoic era.
World History	Geology and biology				4.1. Tertiary period.
World History	Geology and biology	-2,000,000			4.2. Quaternary epoch. Starts 2 million years ago.
World History	Geology and biology				4.3. Pleistocene epoch.
World History	Geology and biology				4.4. Holocene epoch.
World History	Geology and biology				Miocene epoch.
World History	Geology and biology				Oligocene epoch.
World History	Geology and biology	-65,000,000			Paleocene and Eocene epoch. Starts 65 million years ago. First mammals.
World History	Geology and biology				Pliocene epoch.
World History	Geology and biology					First life. First land life. First plants. First animals. First amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds, mammals, humans.