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300
Classic-Mayan civilization began
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552
Buddhism was introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The Seventeen Article Constitution began
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Jan 1, 710
Nara became the capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written
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Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period ended
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Jan 1, 1192
The era of the samurai began
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Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1341
Humanism began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1350
The Renaissance began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1438
Incas began to create roads.
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family began to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da gama began to sail to India
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo completed his statue of David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Aztec Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the World
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Jan 1, 1520
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tyndale translated the Bible into English
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Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII created Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin created Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent was formed
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The microscope was invented
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Galileo decided to build a telescope
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Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage
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The thirty years war started
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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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The thirty years war ended
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The thirty years war ended
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Newton published a book about gravity
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The era of the samurai ended
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The Japanese invented kana
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Prince Shotoku came to power
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Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan
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The Heian period began