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Year(BCE-CE)
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Event
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9000
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Domestication of animals
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8500-3500
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Development of farming
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4th millenium
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Bronze Age
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3500
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Rise of Sumerians
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3100
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Unification of Egypt
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2500
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Rise of Indus River Valley
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2000
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Judaism begins with Abraham
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1500
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Shang Kingdom in China
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1029-258
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Zhou Dynasty
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1000-600
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Rise of Hinduism
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509
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Founding of Roman Republic
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5th century
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Buddha, Confucius, Socrates
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470-430
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Golden Age of Athens
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332-323
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Alexander the Great
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332-184
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Mauryan Dynasty
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221
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Founding of Qing Dynasty
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202
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Founding of Han Dynasty
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27
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Rise of Roman Empire
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1st Century CE
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Spread of Christianity
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180
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End of Pax Romana
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220
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End of Han Dynasty
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220-589
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Spread of Buddhism in China
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313
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Rome Legalizes Christianity
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319-540
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Gupta Dynasty
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476
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Fall of Western Roman Empire
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527-565
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Reign of Justinian
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610
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Rise of Islam
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618-907
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Tang Dynasty in China
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661-750
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Umayyad Caliphate
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750
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Start of Abbasid Caliphate
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800
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Charlegmagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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c.800
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Heian period in Japan
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c.855
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Beginning of Kievan Rus
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960-1271
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Song Dynasty in China
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1054
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Split of Christian Church
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1096
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First Christian Crusade
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12th century
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Rise of Feudalism in Japan
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1200
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Rise of Kingdom of Mali
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1206-1227
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Reign of Genghis Khan
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1271
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Founding of the Yuan Dynasty
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1281
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Founding of the Ottoman Empire
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1304-1374
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Italian Renaissance
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1320-1340
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Spread of the Bubonic Plague
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1325
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Rise of the Aztec Empire
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1350
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Rise of the Inca Empire
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1368
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Beginning of the Ming Dynasty
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1400
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Swahili states flourish
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1405-1433
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Zheng He voyages
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1441
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Start of the Atlantic slave trade
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1453
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Ottomans conquer Constantinople
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1492
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Columbus expeditions
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1498
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Vasco de Gama reaches India
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16th century
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Commercial Revolution in Europe
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1517
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Start of Protestant Reformation
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1524
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Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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1526
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Founding of the Mughal Empire
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1533
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Pizarro conquers the Inca
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1552
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Beginning of the Russian Empire
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1571
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Founding of Manila; world trade system
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1600-1690
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Scientific Revolution
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1603
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Founding of Tokugawa Shogunate
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1607
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First British colony in North America
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1640s
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Beginning of Japanese isolation
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1643-1715
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Louis XIV in France
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1644
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Founding of the Qing Dynasty
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1652
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Dutch Boers colonize South Africa
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1689-1725
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Peter the Great and the Westernization of Russia
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18th Century
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The Enlightenment
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