AP World History Dynasties/Kingdoms/Empires/Eras

N. America / L. America / Africa / Europe / Mediterranean / Middle East / Russia / S. Asia / E. Asia / S.E. Asia
8000 BCE – 600 CE / Hopewell (Ohio)
100-400 CE / Olmec (M)
1200-900 BCE
Chavin (S)
900-250 BCE
Teotihuacan
100-750 CE
Mayan
250-900 CE
Moche (S)
200-700 CE / Egypt Unification
3100 BCE
Old Kingdom
2575-2134
Middle Kingdom
2040-1640
Nubia/Kush
1750 BCE-300 CE
New Kingdom
1532-1070
(Ramesses II)
Bantu Migration
500 BCE-1000 CE / Celtic
500-100 CE
Roman
753 BCE– 330 CE / Minoan – Crete
2000-1450 BCE
Mycenaean
1600-1200 BCE
Phooenicia / Carthage
969-200 BCE
Greece
800-338 BCE
Hellenistic
323-30 BCE
Roman
753 BCE– 330 CE
Byzantine
324 BCE - 1453 / First Villages
Jericho/Catal Hayak 8000 BCE
Mesopotamia
Sumer
3000-2350 BCE
Old Babylonian
1900-1600 BCE
Hittites - Anatolia
1700-1200 BCE
Israelites
1020-920 BCE
Neo-Assyrians
911-612 BCE
Neo-Babylonians
626-539 BCE
Persians
550-323 BCE
Parthians-(Iran)
247 BCE
Sasanid-(Iran)
224-651 / Indus River Valley
Mohenjo Daro / Harappa
2600-1900 BCE
Aryans
1500
Mauryan Empire
324-184 BCE
Gupta Empire
320-550 CE / Yellow River Valley
Shang
1600-1027 BCE
Zhou
1027-221 BCE
(Warring States)
Qin
221-206 BCE
Han
206 BCE- 220 CE / Funan
50-560 CE
600 CE – 1450 CE / Anasazi (SW)
700-1200 CE
Cahokia (Miss)
1050-1250 CE / Tiwanaku/Wari 500-1000 CE (S)
Toltec
968-1156 CE
Aztec
1325-1521 CE
Inca (S)
1438-1533 CE / Fatimid-(Egypt)
909-1171 CE
Ghana (W)
500-1076 CE
Almoravids (N)
1076
Mali (W)
1230-1450 CE
Swahili Ports (E)
1500 CE / Germanic Kingdoms
400-800 CE
Umayyad-Spain
711-1492 CE
Holy Roman Empire
962
European Kingdoms
1200-1300 / Byzantine
324 BCE - 1453 / Islamic Caliphate
Umayyad
661-750 CE
Abbasid
750-1258 CE
Il-khan
1258-1349 CE
Ottomans
1300-1922 / Kiev
980-1240
Khanate of Golden Horde
1240-1462 CE
Muscovites
1462- / Delhi Sultanate
1206-1398 CE / Sui
581-755 CE
Tang
618-907 CE
Koryo (Korea)
918
Heian (Japan)
794-1185 CE
Kamakura
Shogunate
1185-1333
Ashikaga Shogunate
1338-1477
Song
960-1279 CE
Yuan
1279-1368 CE
Ming
1368-1640
Yi (Korea)
1392 / Srivijaya
683-1025 CE
Malacca
1500 (peak)
1450 CE – 1750 CE / European Colonization
England, France, Russia, Spain, Dutch / European Colonization
Spain, Portugal / Benin (W)
1500-1800s Songhai (W)
1464-1591 / European Kingdoms
England, France, Spain, Portugal
New Monarchies
1450-1500
Spain Unification
1469
Overseas exploration – 1492
Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg
German Princedoms
Dutch Republic / Safavid (Iran)
1502-1722
Ottomans
1300-1922 / Romanov Tsars
1613-1917 / Mughal
1526-1761 / Ming
1368-1640
Tokugawa Shogunate
1600-1868
Qing
1644-1911 / Portuguese Colonization
1500s
Dutch Colonization
1600s
English / French Colonization
1700-1900s
1750 CE – 1914 CE / United States
Constitutional Republic
1776-Present
Canada
Dominion Status
1867 / Latin American Independence
1810-1824 until Present
United States Economic Dependencies
1820-1910
Mexican Revolution
1911 / Sokoto Caliphate (W) – 1750-1885
Zulu (S)
1750-1885
European Scramble for Africa
1885-1895 / French Republic
1789-1799
European Constitutional Monarchies / Ottomans
1300-1922
Ottoman Empire
Constitutional Government
1876 / USSR
1917-1991 / British East Indies Company
1750-1857
British Crown
1857-1947 / Qing
1644-1911 / European Colonization
1500-1900
1914 CE - Present / Canadian Independence
1931-Present / Constitutional Republics
1910-Present
Military Governments
1970s-1980s / European Imperialism
1885-1960
African Independence Movements
Post World War II / European Constitutional Monarchies
Eastern European / Soviet Bloc Independence
1989-1991 / Ottomans Secular Govt.
1922-Present
Iran
Shah Monarchy
1908-1979
Iraq Monarchy
Post WWI
Iranian Islamic Revolution
1979-Present / Russia
1991-Present / Indian Independence
1947-Present
Bangladesh / Pakistan Break Away
1947-Present / Republic of China
1911-1949
People’s Republic
1949-Present / Post World War II Independence Movements