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Julius Caesar was a general and politition in Ancient Rome, who soon became a dictator.He was born on either the 12TH or 13TH of July 100BC. Caesar exoanded the Roman empire BY added France and Belgium. He had a romantically involved relationship with the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. Caesar was mudered in 44BC by Brutus. His last words were "E Tu Brutus".
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Alexander III, King of Macedonia was consideredone of the best military geniuses of all time. He was born in 356BC in Pella, an ancient city of Macedonia to Philip of Macendon. He was well known for defeating the Persians and taking over countries. Alexander the great dies on June 7TH 323BC at the age of 33 leaving no succesor to the Macedonian empire.
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Democracy was founded in Ancient Greece in the 5th century. Led by Cleisthenes the Athenians established what is known as the first democracy. Cleisthenes is known as the father of democracy.
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Seeing that all the laws were a mess, the Emperor of the Eastern Roman empire, Justinian decided that he would make a change the laws. He wanted all his people to be treated equally so he went ahead and got all his lawyers and began to write down laws. Naming them the Justinain's Code including the famous "Innocent until proven guilty".
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The myth of Romulus and Remus dates back to 753BC to when Romulus discovered Rome and named it after himself. The sotry says that they were abandoned and left to die but were cared for by wolves. When finding out that they were abandonedthey set off to find there old land but soon went their seperate ways. Remus ended up dying but Romulus discovered a new land.
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The ancient Olympic games date back to 776BC in Olympia, Greece by the Greeks. It was mainly a religious festival in honour of Zeus and also consisted of a sporting event which soon became multiple events. The Olympic event only lasted a day, but soon it beame a five day event. All athletes were indead males and they came from all over the place,
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The crusades were a series of holy wars against the Saracens. Lead by Pope Urban II they decided to attack any lands that were not under christian belief. The first crusade occured in 1096 and has as many as 34 000 soldiers and was the only christian victory.The crusades happened four times inbetween the years 1096 to 1202.
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Cathedrals date back to the 11TH century in Europe. Cathedrals are immensely tall, grand stone buildings which were used as christian churches. They were built from 1150's to the 1500's and were decorated with huge stained glass windows. The basic theme of these buildings were gothic and they replaced the old fashioned Romanisque style.
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Mycenae was a bronze age city located on the Argolid plain in Peloponnese, Greece. The Myceneans got together under the authority of the king of Mycenae and attacked Troy which created what is known as the Trojan war.
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Hatshepsut was the wife of Pharoah Thutmose II and the stepmother of Thutmose III. When her husband died his throne passed on to his young son. For a period of time Hatshepsut ruled as regent and co-ruler alongside her stepson Thutmose III. One day Hatshepsut decided to take the throne and gained the support of many high court officials and priests. She ruled Egypt as the 5th Pharoah for 22 years.
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The Aztec used to make human sacrifices in order to please there gods. They would sacrifice up to 1000 a year. It would begin by painting the person who was to be sacrificed and then they would lay then out by the sun and cut out their heart and raising it to the gods.
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King Hammurabi created the first ever legal code in 1750 BC called the Hammurabi code. The code has 282 laws and the punishements are based on "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" and are arranged based on social status.
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Homoerectus appeared about 2 million years ago. The species name refers to the fact that they are our first totally erect and upright ancestors who were able to walk completely upright like modern humans.
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The mayans date back to 2000BC. They believed that an elongated head and pointed teeth were classified to be beautiful. The achieved this by sharpening their teeth and flattening a newborn childs head with boards to make the look more like corn.
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In Greek mythology the labryinth is home to a beast known as the minotaur. The labryinth was created to contain the minotaur within its walls. Every year the minotaur recieved offerings of youths and maidens to eat. One year Theseus the son of King Aeagus voluntered to be one of the youths to enter the Labryinth and promised his father and the Athenian people that he would kill the Minotaur. Theseus ended up being successful and killed the Minotaur.
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The Samurai were memebers of a military caste in Japan. They rose to power in the 12th century during Shogunate. The samurai ruled Japenese society and governement until the Meiji restoration in 1868 which lead to the fedual system in Japan being eliminated.
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Cuneiform is a form of writing that was created by the ancient sumerians from Mesopotamia. It is considered the first type of writing to exist in this world. Cuneiform is also considered one of the most significant cultural contribution by the sumerians.
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Mesopotamia also known as the land of rivers and the cradle of of civilization is an ancient region in the meditranean. Mesopotamia had many different cultures and empires and the only connection between them were their script, their gods, and their perspective on women. Mesopotamio is also the birthplace of cuneiform the first type of writing.
