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early settlers in the nile valley
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the first major civilization in the region begins on the island of crete. its people know as Minoans
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fist stone pyramid built
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pyramids of gisa built
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the xia dynasty rules china
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mentuhtep II gained control of Egypt
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jie is the last ruler of the xia dynasty in china
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writing develops in china during the shang dyansty
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invaders from Asia known as the ottoman turks conquer the byzantine empire and take control of greece
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a volcanic explosion on the island of santorini creates tidal waves and earthquakes that destroy the minoan civilization
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tutankhamum became pharaoh
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the chariot is introduced to china
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t i ching, the book of change is written
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upper and lower Egypt
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the zhou dynasty replaces the shan dynasty
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dazhuan script develops
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the fist Olympic games haled at olympia the games begin as part of a religious festival dedicated to zeus king of the gods
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beginning of eastern zhou period
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the city of Rome was founded
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democracy or government is first practiced
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assyrians attacked egypt
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pythagoras is born. he will make major advancesin science math and philosophyn
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life of confucius
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persians conquerd egypt
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democracy is introduced in athens by cleisthenes
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the temple to athena the parthenon is completed in athens on the acropolis
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alexander the great becomes king when his father philip of macedon is assassinated
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Alexander the great conquered egypt
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construction of the grate wall begins
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hannibal invades Italy
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Romans invade and conquer the Greek empire
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spartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising
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much of Rome burns
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Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome
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julius caesar is assassinated
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cleopatar v11 died
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the rome empire begins
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the Colosseum is built
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Theodosius declares Christianity to be the only religion of Rome empire
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the first modern olympic games are held in athens to build friendship among differet countries
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Rome become a republic