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2.5 million-emergence of homo sapiens in eastern Africa
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1 million- Emergence of Homo Erectus, an upright, tool-using human.
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600,000-wide spread of human species across Asia, Europe, Africa; control of fire
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120,000 B.C.E- emergence of Homo sapiens spaiens, which displace other human species.
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30,000-25,000: passage of first people to Americas.
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8500-6500 B.C.E- domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, cattle
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8500-6500 B.C.E-neolithic age, development of farming in middle east.
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7000 B.C.E-First town at Jericho
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5000-2000-yangshoo culture in northern china
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5600 B.C.E-beans domesticated in western hemisphere
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5000 B.C.E- domestication of corn.
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4000-3000-develepment of writing, bronze metal waorking, plow in middle east.
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3500-1800 B.C.E- sumerian civiliazation
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3100-1087-founding and flowering of egyptian civilazation
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800-rise of greek city states
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800-1000 C.E-bantu migration, sub saharan africa
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770-403- later zhou kingdom, beginning of chinas classical period.
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800-600- rise of greek city states, athens and sparta became dominant
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c 700- homerian epics, illiad, and the odyssey, flowering of greek architecture
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c1000- polynesians reach fiji, samoa
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1000- independent kingdom of kush
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800-400- spread of olmec civilization. cultivation of corn, potatoes, deomstication of dogs and turkeys
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c300- rise of axum
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550- cyrus the great forms persian empire
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509- beginning of roman republic
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750-600-meroe rules egypt
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600-zoroastrian religoin in iran
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600-legendary ruler in japan.
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551-233 c-periods of great chinese philosophers:confucius, laozi,mencius, legalists
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550-formation of persiann empire
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5 542-483- Buddha
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c500- laozi and daoism
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c500- editing of the five classics
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c450- development of chinese calendar
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c450- development of chinese calendar
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402-201- era of warring states.
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500-449-greek wars with Persia, persia defeated
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500-450-beginings of roman republic
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470-430- athens at its height, pericles, sophocles, phidias, socrates.
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450- twelve tables of law
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431-404- peloponnesian wars
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359-336- philip 2 of macedonia
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338-323- macedonia empire, alexander the great
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300-1000- hellenistic period
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c4- birth of jesus
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264-146- punic wars
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470-430-height of athenian culture, socrates and greek philisophacle style
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431ff-peloponnesian wars, declin of greece.
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330-Alexander the great
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327-325-alexaner's invasion.
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300-100- hellenistic period
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300 B.C.E-900 C.E-heights of maya
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264-140-roman expansion in North Africa(punic wars) and eastern mediterranean.
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221-shi huangdi proclaimed first emperor of china.
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202 B.C.E-9 C.E- initial han dynasty, key technical develpoment of horse collar and water mill.
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220 B.C.E-200 C.E- greater buddhist influence.
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49- julius caesar becomes dictator on rome, assisinated in44
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27- augustus caesar seizes power, rise of roman empire
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100-germans begin contact with rome, slavs migrate into eastern europe.
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23-220-later han dynasty, invention of paper and compass
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c30- crucifixion of jesus
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221-202- qin dynasty, first emperor, great wall begun, single basic language.
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63- forced dissolution of independent jewish states by romans
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101-106-greatest roman spread of territory
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202 B.C.E- 220 C.E- han dynasty
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c200-introduction of ox drawn plow, horse collar, wat er mill.
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27- Augustus founds Roman Empire.
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141-87- reign of han wu ti, increased bureaucracy, examinations, spread of confucianism
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180- death of marcus aurekius, beginning of decline of roman empire
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100- root crops introduced to southern africa through trade
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100- beginnign of decline of han dynasty
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180- rome begins to decline
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200- extensive agricluture practice in japan.
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227- beginnign of sassanid empire in persia
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30- crucifixion of jesus
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88-beginning of han decline.
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106-height of roman territory.
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180- beginning of decline of rome
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200-500- nasca culture
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200-700 - mochica culture
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200-1300- anasazi in north america
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220- last han emperor deposed
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300-declione of meroe
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284-305-reign of diocletian
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300- ethiopia adopts christianity
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312-337- reign of constatine
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370-480- nomadic invasions of western europe
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400- growth of mayan civilization
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400- polynesians reach hawaii
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450- huns begin to invade india
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476- collaps of rome
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300- spread of buddhism
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300-400- yamato claim imperial control of japan.
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313- constatine adopts christianity
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300-700- rise of axum, conersion to christianity
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476- fall of rome
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300-900- intermediate horizon pd. (andes)
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300-1000- second wave of polynesioan migrations to hawaii.
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312-337- constatine, formation of eastern empire. apoption of christianity
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319-540- gupta empire
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400- chinese script imported
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401ff- large scale germanic invasions in roman empire
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451-first han invasion
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476- last roman emperor in west
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527-565- justinian eastern emperor.
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500- buddhism takes root in east and southeast asia
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580ff- spread of buddhism in japan
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500- formation of ghana
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589-618- sui dynasty
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600-647- harshas empire
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600- beginning of islam
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618- tang dynasty
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618- tang dynasty in china, glorious cultural period
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700 ff- spread of islam, trans sahara trade in africa
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700- shintoism unified into single national religion in japan
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800-1300- mississippian culture
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900-polynesians to new zealand
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900-1200- toltecs 1000 height of kingdom of ghana, africa
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2.5 million bce- 500 ce
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2500-1500 B.C.E-Indus civilization in south asia
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1850 B.C.E-origin of shangs kingdom in china
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1800- formation of babylonian empire in middle east.
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1700-1300 B.C.E- rise of village culture in Mesoamerica.
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1600 B.C.E- beginning of indo-european invasions of india and parts of the mediterranean and midle east
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1600 B.C.E-spread of civilization of crete
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1250- moses and jewish exodus from egypt.
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1000- germans expand southward.
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900- maya begins
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850-250-chavin culture
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1029-258- zhou dynasty, introduction of a standard spoken language.
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551-478- life of confucis
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1700- indo european invasions of greek peninsula
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1400- kingdom of mycenae, trojan war
