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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Decolonization in Asia 1931- Gandhi leads Salt March 1935: Government of India Act 1942: Quit India movements begins 1947: India and Pakistan are independent of Great Britain Decolonization in Africa 1948: First apartheid legislation in South Africa 1957: Ghana is first independent African nation 1960: Congo is granted independence from Belgium 1962: Algeria gains independence from France 1963: Organization for African Unity is formed Decolonization in the Middle East 1917: Balfour Declaration 1922: Britain receives League of Nations mandate for Palestine 1936-1939: Arab uprisings in Palestine 1948: Partition of Palestine and First Arab-Israeli War 1952: King Farouk is overthrown in Egypt 1956: Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal 1958: United Arab Republic is formed 1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. Chronology Timeline

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