1200-1450, Mansa Musa takes his Haj to Mecca, Mexica/Aztec's use the Calpulli tax system , The Inca use the Mita Tax, Kilwa thrives from Indian Ocean Trade, Junk & Dhow ships dominate the Indian ocean, The Pax Mongolica enhances trade along the Silk Roads, Ibn Battuta travels along all three major trade routes, Feudalism dominates European & Japanese social & economic system , Song Dynasty creates paper money & gunpowder, 1450-1750, Columbus sails the ocean blue, Mehmed II conquers Constantinople, Akbar the Great removes the Jizya tax, The Ottomans use the Devshirme system to acquire Janissaries , Protestant Reformation begins w/ Martin Luter, King Henry VIII creates the Church of England, Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) builds St. Basil's Cathedral, Shah Jahan builds the Taj Mahal for his wife , The Mamluks become the 1st successful slave revolt & build Cairo, 1750-1900, John Locke champions life, liberty & property, The Enlightenment, The Scientific Revolution & Isaac Newton describes the laws of motion, The Industrial Revolution begins in England, Invention of the seed drill expedites farming, The American Revolution & The French Revolution, L'Overture leads the Haitian Revolution, Simon Bolivar writes his Jamaican Letter detailing his grievances with Spain, Scramble for Africa & the Berlin Conference, "White Mans Burden" & Social Darwinism, 1900-Present, Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Berlin Wall surrounds West Berlin, Stalin starts his "5 Year Plan", Mao Zedong begins his "Great Leap Forward", Great Depression, Battle of Stalingrad becomes history's deadliest, Soviet-Afghan War, Korean & Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Treaty of Versailles sets the foundation for WWII, Francisco Franco becomes fascist dictator of Spain, Birth Control & Smallpox vaccine are invented.

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