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1453
1453 CE
Ottomans overthrow Byzantine Empire and establish capital Constantinople -
1538
1538 CE
Ottomans capture Aden and end Portuogense threats to Red Seaports -
1602 CE
Dutch East India Company begins -
1622 CE
Iranians expel Portuguese from Hormuz -
1750 CE
Industrial Revolution begins in Britain -
1917 CE
Russian Revolutions -
1920 CE
British and French mandates begin in the Middle East -
1945 CE
United Nations Charter signed -
1967 CE
6-day war in the Middle East, Suez Canal closed until 1975 -
1980 CE
Iraq Iran war begins -
1991 CE
First US Persian Gulf War, break up of Soviet Union -
1993 CE
World Wide Web launched -
1995 CE
World Trade Organization launched -
2000 CE
First map of human DNA completed