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Period: 1985 BCE to 1815 BCE
The Enlightenment (1685 - 1815)
The Enlightenment was a movement that emphasised reason, individualism, and scientific inquiry, challenging tradition and advancing human progress. -
1945 BCE
World War II
World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. -
1840 BCE
The Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of our country. Maori agreed: to let other people live in their country; and. to let the British make rules about behaviour and see that everyone obeys them. -
Period: 1800 BCE to
The Modern Revolution - Anthropogenic (1800 - Present)
The modern revolution is when the world came to be dominated by a single species (humans). It created the world we live in today. AKA - The Anthropocene. -
Period: 1400 BCE to 1700 BCE
The Renaissance (1400 - 1700)
The Renaissance was a period of cultural, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. A feature of it was the ‘Age of Exploration’. -
1346 BCE
The black death
Bubonic plague is an infection spread mostly to humans by infected fleas that travel on rodents. Called the Black Death, it killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. Prevention doesn't include a vaccine, but does involve reducing your exposure to mice, rats, squirrels and other animals that may be infected. -
476 BCE
Fall of the Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities. -
Period: 476 BCE to 1400 BCE
The Middle dark ages
Also known as the “Dark Ages,” the era is often branded as a time of war, ignorance, famine and pandemics such as the Black Death. -
1492
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange is the process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa. It began in the 15th century, when oceanic shipping brought the Western and Eastern hemispheres into contact. -
Period: to
Cold war
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam war
Multiple things caused the Vietnam War. The US did not want Vietnam to become a communist country. It was also unpopular, because of large numbers of casualties and adverse health effects. The Vietnam War was globally and locally significant. Vietnam War was broadcasted on TV, which made Americans angry to see people being killed and resulting in protests. It affected New Zealand's post-war foreign and security policies.