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Period: 5000 BCE to 539 BCE
Mesopotamian
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Period: 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Indus
Located in the Indus River Valley
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Period: 3100 BCE to 332 BCE
Egyptian
Located in Egypt
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Period: 3000 BCE to 322 BCE
Indian
Hindu-Kush Mountains
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2566 BCE
Pyramid of Cheops
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Period: 1766 BCE to 220
Chinese
Yellow River Valley
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1754 BCE
Hammurabi's Code
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Period: 1550 BCE to 300 BCE
Phoenician
East coast of Mediterranean Sea
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Period: 1400 BCE to 300 BCE
Japanese
Nara Prefecture South pf Kyoto
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Period: 1300 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hebrew
Located in Israel
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Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE
Mesoamerican/South American
located in the Mexican Gulf and modern day Peru.
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Period: 1000 BCE to 550 BCE
Persia
Located in Middle East
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Period: 753 BCE to 1453
Roman
Located in Italy, and later all throughout the Mediterranean.
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Period: 700 BCE to 146 BCE
Hellenic
Located in Greece
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483 BCE
Siddartha/Buddha Dies
The founder of Buddhism dies. -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
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400 BCE
Democracy Begins in Athens
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331 BCE
Alex the Great Defeats Darius
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Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE
Hellenistic
started in Rome
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221 BCE
Qin Rule Begins
The first Chinese "Emperor" to rule all of the kingdoms in China. This man was Shi Huang Di -
330
Constantinople Made Capital
The capital of the Roman empire changes from Rome, in the west, to Constantinople, in the east. This change was made by the Emperor Constantine. -
Period: 330 to 1453
Byzantine
centered in modern day Istanbul
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Period: 400 to 1400
Middle Age Europe
happened all around Europe
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476
Fall of Rome
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Period: 500 to
African Kingdoms
Located all over Africa
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537
Hagia Sophia is Built
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Period: 610 to 1200
Islamic
Located in Modern Day Afghanistan
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622
Hegira Begins
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632
Schism of Sunni and Shia
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Period: 700 to 1000
Viking
located in Scandinavia
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732
Battle of Tours
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Period: 862 to
Russia
Located in Russia
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1054
Great Schism
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Period: 1206 to 1368
Mongol
Located in central Asia
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1215
Magna Carta
The is the charter made in England to reduce the King's power and give more power to the Nobles. -
1324
Mansa Musa Hajj
The King Mansa Musa traveled to Medina and on his his way gave out so much gold that he broke the economy of Africa. -
1325
Tenochtitlan Founded
The capital of the Aztec civilization was founded on this city on the water. -
1337
Hundred Years War Begins
This was the war that actually 116 years and was a war for the succession of the French throne. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
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Decree of Milan
This is the decree written by Napoleon I to make the Berlin Decree.
