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First evidence of humans using fire for survival
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First evidence of humans migrating to the Americas
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First evidence of agriculture and the development of agrarian societies
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Evidence of first city―Jericho―in Israel
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First evidence of written language
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Civilization is said to have begun at Sumer.
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Building of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza.
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The Minoan Period - Crete.
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Hammurabi, who wrote the first legal code, conquered Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Fall of Troy - if there was a Trojan War.
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Hebrew King David captured Jerusalem.
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Greeks sent settlers to create colonies in Asia Minor.
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Legendary start of the Ancient Olympics.
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Legendary founding of Rome.
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Nineveh (Babylonian capital) captured, marking the end of the Assyrian Empire.
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Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem. Jews of Judea were exiled to Babylon.
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King Cyrus of Persia and the Medes defeated Croesus and captured Lydia. Cyrus freed Jews in Babylon.
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Greek city-states revolted against Persian rule.
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Battle of Marathon
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Alexander The Great rules Macedonia
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Battle of Gaugamela - defeat of Darius III, King of Persia at Gaugamela near Arbela.
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Great Wall of China Building begun during the Qin Dynasty. The wall was built along 1,200 miles of China's northern border.
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Jesus was born
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Jesus got baptized
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Jesus gave his precious life for the humankind
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Rome burned in the reing of Nero
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Constantine the Great established his capital at Byzantium (Constantinople)
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Rome sacked by the Visigoths.
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Attila the Hun faced the Visigoths and Romans together in the Battle of Chalons. He went on to invade Italy but was convinced to withdraw by Pope Leo. He died in 453
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Western Roman Empire ended - Emperor Romulus Augustulus was removed from office.
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Islam Begins to Spread Across North Am.
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Charlemange is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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Tang Dynasty Destroys Buddhism in China
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The Great Schism
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The First Crusade
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The Last Crusade
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Mongols Conquer China
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Reign of Mansa Musa
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Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
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Industrial Revolution started
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Discovery of Antarctica
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American Civil War began
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Invention of Lightbulb
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Invention of Cars
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Airplane was flown for the first time
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World War 1
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Russian Revolution
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Great Depression
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World War 2 began
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Cold War Began
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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First man on the moon
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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9/11
