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Period: 5000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
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Period: 3100 BCE to 332 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
Preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean World (http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt -
2580 BCE
Pyramid of Cheops
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1754 BCE
Hammurabi's Code
It's a Babylonia law code and one of the oldest deciphered writings. From the Mesopotamian civilization -
483 BCE
Siddartha/ Buddha dies
Buddha is the founder of Buddhism -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The battle was between Greek city-states, lead by King Leonidas, and the Persian Empire, lead by Xerxes 1. -
331 BCE
Alexander the Great defeats Darius
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Period: 27 BCE to 476 BCE
Roman Civilization
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221
Qin rule begins
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313
Edict of Milan
This established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. -
330
Constantinople made Capital
The city of Byzantium was renamed Constantinople and became the Capital of the Byzantine Empire. -
401
Democracy Begins in Athens
It compromised Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica. This was the 1st known democracy -
476
Fall of Rome
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501
Hagia Sophia is Built
Was ordered to be built by Justinian. Hagia Sophia means "Church of Holy Wisdom" -
622
Hegira Begins
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632
Schism of Sunni and Shia
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732
Battle of Tours
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1054
Great Schism
This was the final separation of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Western Catholic Church. -
1215
Magna Carta
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1280
Mansa Musa Hajj
He was the King of the Mali Empire. -
1325
Tenochitlan was founded
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1337
Hundred Years Wars begins
The war was between England and France over the succession to the French throne. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople