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Death of Augustus and Tiberius, stepson of Caesar Augustus, becomes emperor until 37AD
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On July 18, 64 AD, a fire broke out on the merhcant area of Rome. Some believe that Emperor Nero set it on fire. From the ashes a new Rome was formed
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347 - The Black Death begins in Europe. This horrible disease would kill around half of the people in Europe.
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476 - The fall of the Roman Empire. Rome had ruled much of Europe. Now much of the land would fall into confusion as local kings and rulers tried to grab power. This is the start of the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages.
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An unknown event destroys the civilization at Teotihuacan, along with the empire it supported. Tikal becomes the largest city-state in Mesoamerica, with as many as 500,000 inhabitants within the city and its hinterland.
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Long-standing Maya alliances begin to break down. Trade between Maya city-states declines, and inter-state conflict increases.
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Aztecs arrived in Valley of Mexico.
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Tenochtitlan was founded. First temple built by Aztecs.
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Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press
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In 1492 Colmbus sailed the Ocean blue.
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The Renaissance reached Venice in the late 1500s
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1517 Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenburg. It is the first public act of the Reformation
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By 1524 most people supported the Lutheran Church.
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1525 CE - Civil War
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1531 CE - Pizarro brings Spanish to the Inca Empire. He kills Emperor Atahualpa - the Inca ruler.
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In 1585, a group of Colonists financed by Sir Walter Raleigh sailed for North AmericaThey founded a colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. In six years, everyone who settled disappeared without a trace earning the name “The Lost Colony”. The English didn’t try to settled again for more than 20 years
