Foraging Societies

Settled Agriculture

Primary Urbanization

Classical Empires

• Early River Valley Empires
• Expansion and Contraction of Empires
• Cosmopolitan Empires

• Formation of Eurasian Ecumene
• Barbarian Invasions
• Islamic Expansion
• Mongol Dominance
• Second Islamic Age

Unification of the Hemispheres

• Voyages of Exploration
• Chinese Dominance
• The New Imperialism

Formation of World Culture

• Modern Western Civilization
• The New Imperialism
• The World Wars
• Decolonization
• After the Cold War

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1350: Rise of Ottoman Turks 1325-1354: The travels of ibn Battuta 1453: Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople. 1492: End of the Reconquista in Spain. 1526: Battle of Mohacs 1529: First Siege of Vienna 1571: Battle of Lepanto 1683: Final Siege of Vienna

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