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| Creation/ Fall of Mankind |
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| Abraham is called out of Ur |
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| Rise of Indus Valley Civilization in India |
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| Rise of Aegean Civilization |
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| New Kingdom established in Egypt/ Height of the Egyptian Empire |
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| Invention of Sinai Script/ Exodus/ Ten Commandments |
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| Rise of Huang He Valley Civilization in China |
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| Decline of Egypt/ Rise of the Kingdom of Cush |
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| Collapse of the New Kingdom in Egypt/ Decline of Egypt/ Beginning of foreign invasion and dominations |
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| Reign of King Solomon in Israel |
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| Conquest of Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyrians |
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| Beginning of Hellenistic (Classical) Age of Greece |
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| Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar/ Babylonian Captivity of the Jews |
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| Roman Republic Established |
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| Egypt conquered by Alexander the Great/ Ptolemy established Hellenistic Dynasty |
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| Ch'in Dynasty in China/ Great Wall of China |
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| Egypt conquered by Romans |
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| Octavian (Caesar Augustus) becomes first emperor of Rome/ Beginning of Pax Romana |
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| Ethiopian Eunuch becomes first-known African convert to Christianity |
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| Gupta Dynasty in India/ "Golden Age" of India |
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| End of Western Roman Empire |
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| North Africa overrun by Islam |
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| Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan/ Yuan Dynasty in China/ Marco Polo travels to the Orient |
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| Death and resurrection of Jesus Christ |
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Roman persecution of Christians begins under Nero
Apostles Paul and Peter martyred |
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| Edict of Milan legalizes Christianity |
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| Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West |
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Capture of Constantinople
End of Byzantine Empire |
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| Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Battle of Tours |
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| Treaty of Verdan divides Carolingian Empire |
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| Henry the Fowler begins Saxon line of German kings |
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| Council of Toulouse forbids possession of Bible among laymen |
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| Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy |
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| University of Salerno established |
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First Crusade
Crusaders establish four kingdoms in Holy Land |
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| Black Death in Europe kills 25 million people |
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| Gutenberg invents moveable-type printing press |
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Battle of Hastings
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| First meeting of Estates-General |
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain defeat last Moorish kingdom in Spain
Columbus discovers New World
Spanish Inquisition begins |
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| Desiderius Erasmus publishes first printed edition of Greek New Testament |
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Martin Luther posts Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg Germany
Beginning of Protestant Reformation |
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| Peace of Augsburg recognizes Lutheranism |
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| England defeats the Spanish Armada |
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Thirty Year's War-- last great religious war in Europe
Peace of Westphalia (1648) |
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| Copernicus develops heliocentric view of the universe |
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| French Academy of Science founded by Huguenots and Jansenists |
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Newton publishes Principia
Development of the universal law of gravity and laws of motion |
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| Model Parliament in England |
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