World History

USA vs USSR: 44 years of ideology, espionage and the nuclear arms race (1947–1991).

A global conflict of 1914–1918 that destroyed four empires and reshaped the world order.

The global conflict of 1939—1945: six years, ~70 million dead, the dawn of the nuclear age, the end of European colonial empires.

The event that destroyed the old regime in Europe: 1789—1799 — the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the king's execution, the guillotine, and the rise of Napoleon.

The fifteen years that redrew Europe: 1799—1815 — Marengo, Austerlitz, the Civil Code, Borodino, Leipzig, Waterloo, Saint Helena.

Thirteen years that changed the world: 336—323 BC — the Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, Tyre, Alexandria, the Hydaspes, death at Babylon at age 32.

Two hundred years of religious war between West and East: 1095—1291 — Clermont, Antioch, Jerusalem, Hattin, Saladin and Richard, the sack of Constantinople, the fall of Acre.

The largest contiguous empire in history: 1206—1260 — from Temüjin's unification of the steppe to the Kalka, Kyiv, Baghdad and Ain Jalut.

The war that ended slavery: 1861—1865 — Sumter, Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Appomattox, Lincoln's assassination.

The era that made the world global: 1419—1543 — Sagres, the Cape of Good Hope, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, the conquest of the Aztecs and Incas.

1917—1922: the February and October revolutions, Brest-Litovsk, the Red Terror, the Ukrainian People's Republic and Makhno, Kronstadt, the founding of the USSR.

1346—1353: the Black Death from the Mongol steppes through Caffa to Europe; 30—50% of the population dead, the end of serfdom, Tyler's revolt, the first quarantines.