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The building of the Great pyramid of Cheops was completed in 2540 BC. It was also one of the largest pyramids and the oldest of the three. Egypt was located in northeastern Africa and located along the Nile river.
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This is the well preserved Babylonian code of ancient Mesopotamia. The sixth Babylonian king enacted the code and the code was one of the oldest written law codes.
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Athenian Democracy was formed in 507 BC, by a man named Solon who was a lawmaker. Athens was located in the southern part of Greece.
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The Battle of Thermopylae expanded for over three days in Greece whilst the second Persian invasion of Greece was taking place. King Xerxes I of Persia wanted to rule of Greece but in the end was unsuccessful. The Persian Empire was located in Iran.
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This occurred because when western Rome payed more attention to money and military than paying attention to the civilians so it had a down fall.
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This fight was between Alexander the Great and Darius III. Alexander the Great's army had roughly 35,000 and Darius had the upper hand by outnumbering him with over 200,000 soldiers. The battle ended by Alexander using smart tactics and defeating Darius leaving Alexander victorious. Macedonia was also located just north of ancient Greece and was crowned one of the largest kingdoms in the ancient world.
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Byzantium took on the name of Konstantinoupolis and transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantine.
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Qin was one of the first Chinese to proclaim himself as Emperor. It lasted for 15 years and was finally cut due to civil wars.
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The Hagia Sophia was created in 532 by ruler Justinian. It took only under six years to create.
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Hegira was Prophet Mohammad's exploration from Mecca to Medina . He moved only because of the rumors of an assassination planned on him.
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The split of two Islamic groups and want rule of land.
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The Great Schism was a split between Christian churches moving into the east and west sides.
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The purpose of Magna Carta was to give more power to the people of England and less power to the King.
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This was the capture of the Byzantine Empire by the invading of the Ottoman Empire.
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Napoleon I of France enforced the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System. This was about England's waging economy welfare.
