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The first Minoan palace was built at Knossos.
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The Olmecs were the firs Mesoamerican civilization to emerge. They created and played the Mesoamerican ballgame.
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Linear B script developed at Mycenae.
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A volcanic activity with consequent tsunami might have destroyed the Minoan civilization.
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Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus killed his twin brother, Remus, and became the first king of Rome. As Rome was founded, it had a monarchy.
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Athens created the first democratic government. Soon,other Greek city-states imited them.
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The plebeinans went on strike (against the patricians) refusing to move until they were granted representation in the senate (republic).
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The Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies.
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The Roman Empire began when Augustus Caesar became the first emperor.
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The Pax Romana was a 200-year period in which Rome experienced peace and prosperity, it expanded and economy grew.
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Nero (emperor) set fire to Rome to rebuild it in such a way he liked. He blamed Christians for it.
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Archeologist call this period 'Classic', when many cities flourished throughout much of Central America.
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Incas had a government called Tawantinsuyu. It was a monarchy ruled by a single person called the Sapa Inca (or emperor), who was the most powerful person in the land.
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The Aztec civilization, located in central Mexico, with its magnificient capital city, Tenochtitlan, was captured by Spanish in 1521, bringing down Mesoamerica's last great civilization.
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When the Spanish conquistadores led by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada arrived to Colombia, they where looking for El Dorado, and thought of the Muiscas as the creators of this legend. http://www.bbc.com/travel/video/treasure-hunters/20140401-chasing-the-legend-of-el-dorado
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On 1599, the Tairona revolted againts the Spanish because of the economic and religious pressure. After, Spanish burned almost all Tairona villages.
