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Period: 8300 BCE to 7000 BCE
Mesolithic Period
Earliest evidence of burials found in Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece -
Period: 7000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Neolithic Period
Evidence of food producing economy, simple hut construction, and seafaring in mainland Greece and the Aegean -
Period: 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Aegean Bronze Age or Early Bronze Age
Houses of Vasiliki and Myrtos
Messara Tholoi
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Period: 2600 BCE to 2000 BCE
Minoan Prepalatial Period
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Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE
Early Middle Cycladic
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Period: 2000 BCE to 1550 BCE
Middle Helladic Period or Middle Bronze Age
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Period: 1900 BCE to 1700 BCE
Minoan Protopalatial Period
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1751 BCE
ndex of Forbidden Books’
‘The Spirit of the Laws' created controversy after the Roman Catholic Church included it in the ‘Index of Forbidden Books’ -
1750 BCE
‘Défense de L’Esprit des Lois
he came out with his work titled, ‘Défense de L’Esprit des Lois ', which was a defence written with reference to his previously published work, ‘The Spirit of the Laws'. -
1748 BCE
‘The Spirit of the Laws' was published in France Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/baron-de-montesquieu-4010.php#P8I3KHjPUpHLeJDL.99
his book on political theory titled, ‘The Spirit of the Laws' was published in France. This book was published anonymously due to certain censorship issues on his work.
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1734 BCE
‘Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans'. Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/baron-de-montesquieu-4010.php#P8I3KHjPUpHLeJDL.99
he published his work titled, ‘Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans'. This work is believed to have been published anonymously in Holland.
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1731 BCE
‘The Spirit of the Laws'
he came back to France from England and began to work on the manuscript of his political book, ‘The Spirit of the Laws', for which he drew inspiration from the English political system, which he observed while in England.
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1725 BCE
Left France to travel out of the country.
he had lost interest in his political career and life in the Parliament. The same year, he resigned from the Parliament and left France to travel out of the country.
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1724 BCE
‘Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate' and 'Reflexionssur la MonarchieUniverselle Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/baron-de-montesquieu-4010.php#P8I3KHjPUpHLeJDL.99
he published his work titled, ‘Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate' and 'Reflexionssur la MonarchieUniverselle ' The following year, he came out with 'Le Temple de Gnide '.
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1721 BCE
Persian Letters'
he came out with his book titled, ‘Persian Letters', which was a political satire and social satire in the French context. The book earned him immense critical acclaim.
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Period: 1700 BCE to 1400 BCE
Minoan Neopalatial Period
Destruction of Minoan palaces
Settlement of Akrotiri, Thera
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Late Bronze Period or The Heroic Age
Grave Circle A at Mycenae
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1100 BCE
Late Helladic Period
Tholos Tomb at Mycenae -
1453 BCE
The Byzantine Empire ends
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Period: 1400 BCE to 1100 BCE
Minoan Postpalatial Period
Mycenaean Palaces
Evidence of expanded Mycenaean trade at Levand -
Period: 1300 BCE to 1000 BCE
Mycenaean Culture
"Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern Mediterranean -
Period: 1180 BCE to 1050 BCE
Sub-Mycenaean Period
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Period: 1150 BCE to 950 BCE
Sub-Minoan Period
Destruction of Miletus and resettlement -
Period: 1100 BCE to 700 BCE
Dark Age of Greece
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Period: 1100 BCE to 900 BCE
Proto-Geometric Period
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Period: 900 BCE to 700 BCE
Geometric Period
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Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE
Rome is founded
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Period: 740 BCE to 650 BCE
Late Geometric
Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily
Invention of Greek alphabet
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Period: 740 BCE to 650 BCE
Orientalizing Period
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Period: 700 BCE to 480 BCE
Archaic Period
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Period: 509 BCE to 218 BCE
Rome becomes a Republic
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Period: 480 BCE to 326 BCE
Classical Period
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476 BCE
End of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome
The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe. -
410 BCE
The Visigoths sack Rome
This was the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy. It was a huge uproar. -
395 BCE
Rome splits
In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius. -
380 BCE
Christianity
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Period: 323 BCE to 146 BCE
Hellenistic Period
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306 BCE
Constantine becomes Emperor in 306 AD
Rome becomes a Christian empire. Before this, Rome persecuted the Christians. Constantius dies. His son Constantine is the new vice-emperor of Galerius. -
218 BCE
Hannibal invades Italy
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Period: 218 BCE to 45 BCE
Hannibal invades Italy
Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy. This becomes part of the Second Punic War. -
Period: 146 BCE to 30 BCE
Late Hellenistic or Greco-Roman
Roman Invasion of Greece
Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
Rome rules Greece henceforth -
Period: 146 BCE to 30 BCE
Late Hellenistic or Greco-Roman (
Roman Invasion of Greece
Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
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122 BCE
Hadrian Wall is built
The Hadrian Wall was built in 122 AD. It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out. -
80 BCE
Colosseum is built
The Colosseum was built in 80 AD. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland. -
64 BCE
Much of Rome burns
Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it. -
45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome
Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. He becomes the supreme ruler of Rome. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hires Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar. -
Period: 30 BCE to 30 BCE
Death of Cleopatra
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27 BCE
Roman Empire begins
Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor. -
44
Julius Caesar is assassinated
Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead. -
509
Rome becomes a Republic
The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government. -
Jun 12, 1215
Magna Carta
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Iroquois Confederacy was established
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The Start Of John Locke
John Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, England, to Puritan parents. His father, also called John Locke was a country lawyer and a small landowner who had served as a captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War. His mother’s name was Agnes Keene. -
Locke was forced to leave the country
The early 1680s was a period of great political turmoil in England and Locke was forced to leave the country under strong suspicion of his involvement in the Rye House Plot. However, there is little historical evidence to prove that he was directly involved. -
A Letter Concerning Toleration
In 1689, his ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ was published. Initially written in Latin, the work was soon translated into other languages. The work, which reflected his views on religion and society, stated that the Church can gain genuine converts only through persuasion and not through violence. -
English Bill Of Rights
The english bill of rights limited power to sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
Intertribal conflicts and disease
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The End Of John Locke
He died on 28 October 1704 and was buried in the churchyard of the village of High Laver. -
Bordeaux Parliamen
he was appointed as a councillor in the Bordeaux Parliament. He later went on to become the deputy president of the Bordeaux Parliament. By this time he had established a social status for himself and was a wealthy man.
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impressed with the political system
He travelled to various parts of Germany, Italy and Austria and later went to England, where he spent the next two years. During his stay in England, he was very impressed with the political system there.
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Thomas is born
February 9th - Thomas Paine is born in Thetford, Norfolk, to Joseph and Frances Paine. His father is a stay-maker. -
French and Indian War
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Family starts to die
September 27th - Thomas marries Mary Lambert. Her father had been an excise officer. She dies a year later in childbirth. The baby dies too. -
Thomas works.
Thomas mostly works as an excise officer. -
Thomas gets married
March 26th - Thomas marries Elizabeth Ollive. The previous year, he had set up a tobacco business with Elizabeth and her mother. -
Thomas gets fired
Thomas is fired for writing a pamphlet demanding better pay and conditions. He separates from his wife and moves to London with £45. -
first continental congress
A protest about the Intolerable Acts. Representatives attended from all the colonies except for Georgia. -
Boston Tea Party
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The start of a new chapter
The American Revolution begins. Thomas gets a job as a magazine editor. -
Revolutionary War: Iroquois tribe fought with the British
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'Common Sense
Thomas publishes 'Common Sense' which presents good arguments for Americans becoming independent. It is read widely. -
Thomas Fights
Thomas fights, writes and raises money for George Washington's army to help them to victory. -
Declaration of Independence
Announces that the 13 American colonies, that were at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Giving us out amendments -
‘Encyclopedie of Diderot and D'Alembert
Before he died, he left behind an unfinished draft of his work ‘Encyclopedie of Diderot and D'Alembert’. -
Thomas Travels
Thomas travels to France and Britain, visits his mother and looks for sponsors for a single-span iron bridge he has designed. -
Philadelphia convention
To address the problems of the weak central government. -
Verginia Plan
the plan was about the outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to protect the power. -
new jersey plan
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The Iroquois fought in the War of 1812
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The Iroquois Confederacy was under the jurisdiction of the Six Nations Agency, the Michigan Superintendency, & the New York Agency.
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the Iroquois Indians still live today, in parts of New York and Canada.
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Parliament and the Academy of Bordeaux
While he was in Paris, he represented the Parliament and the Academy of Bordeaux. During this phase of his life, he went on to publish some of his minor works.
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Petition of Right of 1628