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It was held in Olympia, Greece and was a series of athletic competitions dedicated to the gods
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Alexander the Great was the kings of Macedon and one of the greatest military leaders in history
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The Great wall is the the largest ever defense work of ancient China and spans over twenty-one thousand kilometres. -
Julius Caesar was a roman general and statesman. He led the armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war.
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Cleopatra VII was the queen of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and it's last active ruler.
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Jesus Christ, (also known as Jesus of Nazareth) is a central figure in Christianity and is believed to be the son of god.
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The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheater in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Many gladiatorial contests were held in the Colosseum. -
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher whose way of life and thought made a huge influence on Wester philosophy
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Genghis Khan was the Mongol leader and founder of the Mongol Empire
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, writer and explorer, who travelled along the Silk Road in Asia between 1271 and 1295
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
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George Washington was an American Founding Father and the first American U.S. president. He served from 1789 to 1797
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Born in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific composer in the classical era.
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Napoleon was a French emperor and military commander who was one of the most successful generals of the French military armies.
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The American Revolutionary War - also known as the U.S. War of Independence - was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of of Great Britain's North American Colonies rebelled against British rule.
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Abraham Lincoln was an American politician, lawyer and statesman who was the 16 U.S. president from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
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The American Civil War was a war in the US between the the North (the Union) and the South (Confederacy). It was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
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World War I was a global conflict fought between two coalitions: the Allies, and the Central Powers.
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Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first man to ever touch the surface of the moon.
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Lasting six years and one day, the Second World War began on the First of September in 1913 with Hitlers invasion of Poland. It ended when the Japanese surrendered on the 2 of September 1945