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40,000 BCE
Earliest known cave art created by early humans.
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10,000 BCE
Beginnings of agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution.
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8000 BCE
Development of pottery.
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5000 BCE
End of Stoneage
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5000 BCE
Start of Metal ages
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4000 BCE
Invention of the wheel.
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3500 BCE
The Sumerians in Mesopotamia develop one of the world's first writing systems, cuneiform.
The earliest writing system was developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3100 BCE. It was called cuneiform, which means ''wedge-shaped. '' This name refers to the wedge-like shapes of the symbols, which were produced using a reed stylus pressed against wet clay. -
3500 BCE
End Of Prehistory
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3499 BCE
Beggining of Ancient History
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3000 BCE
Bronze Age begins, leading to advanced tools and weapons
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3000 BCE
End of Metal Ages
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3000 BCE
Fertile Crescent
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2600 BCE
Great Pyramid of Giza constructed in Egypt
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2000 BCE
Start of Classical Civilisations
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776 BCE
First Olimpic games
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622 BCE
Start of the Islamic Civilisation
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of confucius in China
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30 BCE
End of Fertile Crescent
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27 BCE
Start of the Roman Empire with the rise of August as first Roman Emperor
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1 CE
Traditional birth of Jesus. Central figure of Christianity
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476
Fall of Western Roman Empire
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more. -
476
Beggining of Middle Ages
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476
End of Ancient history
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476
End of Classical Civilisations
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476
Start of the Bizantine empire
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476
Start of Christian Empire
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622
The Hijra marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the migration of the Prophet Muhammad to Medina.
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800
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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1066
Norman conquest of England
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Period: 1096 to 1291
The Crusades, a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.
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Period: 1347 to 1351
The Black Death devastates Europe, causing widespread death and social upheaval.
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1453
The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire marks the end of the Byzantine Empire.
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1453
End of the Bizantine Empire
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1491
End of the Islamic Civilisation
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1492
End of the Middle Ages
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1492
Beggining of the Early Modern Ages
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1492
Cristóbal Columbus discovers America
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1494
End of Christian Europe
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1517
Martin Luthers Ninety-five mark the beggining of the protestant reformation
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The Thirty Years War in Europe
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Isaac Newton publishes the "Principia Mathematica," revolutionizing physics and mathematics.
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Start of the industrial revolution
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American declaration of Independence
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End of the Early Modern Ages
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Beggining of the Modern ages
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French Revolution begins
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American Civil War
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I World War
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Russian revolution and rise of the URSS
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II World War
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End of the II World War and beggining of the nuclear age
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Cold War
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Africa decolonisation
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The first human steps on the moon during Apollo 11.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War
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Yugoslavia disolves
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URSS disolves
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The ongoing challenges and developments of the 21st century, including technological advancements and global issues like climate change and pandemics.