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1812 BCE
Abraham makes the Covenant
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1428 BCE
Slavery of Israelites in Egypt begins
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1312 BCE
Jewish Exodus out of Egypt
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1312 BCE
Torah given at Mount Sinai
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800 BCE
Major Upanishads written
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500 BCE
Life of the Buddha
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500 BCE
Epics and Puranas are written
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139 BCE
Miracle of Chanukah
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100 BCE
Rise of Mahayana Buddhism begins
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4 BCE
Birth of Christ
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30
Death of Christ
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70
Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke written
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90
Gospel of John written
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100
Buddhism enters China
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132
Rebellion of Bar Kochba
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320
Gupta Empire founded
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500
Fall of the Gupta Empire
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570
Mohammed born in Mecca
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583
Buddhism enters Japan
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610
Mohammed visited by the angel Gabriel to write the first revelations of the Quran
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622
Mohammed and his followers migrate to Medina
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633
Mohammed dies, Abu Bakr is named as caliph
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644
Uthmar becomes third Caliph and later creates standard form of Quaran
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661
Beginning of Umayyad rule in Islam
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692
Dome of the Rock created
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700
Vajrayana Buddhism established in Tibet
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1054
Great Schism
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1095
Crusades begin
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1199
Nalanda University destroyed causing demise of Buddhism in India
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1299
Earliest Ottoman state formed in Turkey
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1300
Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren Buddhism established in Japan
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1378
Western Schism
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1418
The era of Christian colonialism begins
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1517
Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses
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Hinduism Renaissance
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King James Bible published
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Vatican Council I
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World Parliament of Religions
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Vedanta Society formed
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First Zionist Congress
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Gandhi launches campaign of noncooperation
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Caliphate abolished
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Nation of Islam created in the US
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Hitler's "Final Solution" against the Jews formulated
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The UN formulates the partition of Palestine
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Partition of India into Pakistan and India by Britain
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State of Israel declared
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Vatican Council II
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Six Day War and Unification of Israel