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300
Camels are first brought to the Sahara
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300
Classic Mayan Civilization begins
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476
Fall of Rome
The last emperor in the west is driven from his throne -
500
Byzantine Empire Begins
Byzantine Empire lives on -
552
Buddhism is introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The Seventeen Article Constitution begins
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad becomes a prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
Official edition of the Qur'an is writted
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Jan 1, 700
Traders bring Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara becomes capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking begins to spread the Qur'an
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism begins
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Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji is written
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Jan 1, 1050
Movable type is invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church Split
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Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil service exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista begins with Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
First Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1146
Second Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period ends
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Jan 1, 1189
Third Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1192
The era of the samurai begins
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Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun comes to power
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas settle in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1203
The Ghana empire ends
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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta is signed
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Jan 1, 1240
The Mali empire begins
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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1258
Mongols destroy Baghdad
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Jan 1, 1279
Mongols dynasty begins
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol Empire is weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance begins in Italy
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa is the first Islamic leader
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs start buildidng Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1337
Hundred Years War begins
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Jan 1, 1347
Bubonic Plague begins in Europe
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Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu becomes a center of Arabic learning
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Jan 1, 1368
The Ming Dynasty begins
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Jan 1, 1368
Mongols dynasty ends
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Jan 1, 1400
Inquisition begins
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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He makes his first voyage
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
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Jan 1, 1453
Byzantine Empire Falls
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Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War ends
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Jan 1, 1460
The Songhai Empire begins
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family begins to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias begins to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish conquer Granada
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Jan 1, 1492
Queen Isabella sends Christopher Colombus to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot lands in Canada
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Jul 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama began to sail India
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Jan 1, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ends
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Jan 1, 1500
Humanism begins in Italy
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral begins to sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1500
The microscope is invented
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo completes his sculpture David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus states that the earth revolved around the sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire ends
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Aug 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan begins to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1520
Hernan Cortes destroys the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano lands in North America
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tyndale translates the Bible into English
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Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire ends
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Jan 1, 1532
Inca Empire ends
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Apr 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro destroys the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII creats Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin created Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus states his theory of a heliocentric universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent is formed
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The Songhai Empire ends
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Henry Hudson begins to try and find the Northwest Passage
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Galileo decides to build a telescope
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The Mali empire ends
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The Thirty Years' War begins
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The Ming Dynasty ends
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The Thirty Years' War ends
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Peace of Westphalia is signed
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Newton publishes a book about gravity
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The era of the samurai ends
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Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins
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The Tang Dynasty begins
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The Tang Dynasty ends
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Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder
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Buddhism relgion expands in the Tang Dynasty
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The Japanese invent kana
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Prince Shotoku comes to power
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Heian-kyo/Tokyo becomes capital of Japan
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The Heian period begins