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Period: 8000 BCE to 30 BCE
Ancient Greek Civilization
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4000 BCE
Sumer
One of the first civilizations founded. The sumerians were the first to create a written language called cuneiform and also made great advances in agriculture. -
1250 BCE
Trojan war
The trojan war was fought between the Greeks and Trojans. The greeks came out the victor because of cunning military strategy to get in the city of troy and plunder it, killing everybody. -
776 BCE
First Olympic Games
The first games were held in olympia and the person who won all of it would be presented an olive wreath for their head and would have a statue made in their honor -
750 BCE
Creation of the Greek Alphabet
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730 BCE
First Messenian war
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640 BCE
Second Messenian war
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Period: 497 BCE to 479 BCE
persian wars
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Period: 461 BCE to 445 BCE
First peloponnesian war
The Peloponnesian war was fought between Sparta and their allies v.s the power hungry Athens and their allies. -
446 BCE
Peace treaty
A thirty year peace treaty was signed between Sparta and Athens -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
First peloponnesian war continues
The fighting between Athens and Sparta resumed -
146 BCE
Rome invades greece
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Period: 500 to 1000
The dark ages
This was a time where Cultural development was not prevalent. Religious advances weren't made. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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Period: 500 to 1500
Feudalism
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Period: 1095 to 1291
The crusades
The Crusades were a number of wars fought between the Christians and the Muslims. It started off with the Christians trying to reconquer Jerusalem but their motives changed and they decided to eradicate the muslims. -
Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
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May 2, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the new world
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Period: 1500 to
age of Exploration
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Period: 1517 to
reformation
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Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe
He became the first person to circumnavigate the globe and he made many maps of the world -
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Sigmund Freud
Is considered the father of Psychoanalysis -
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Meiji Period
A period of time where social reforms and many other social aspects drastically changed. -
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Mahatma Gandhi
One of the most well know philosophers for his view on peace and justice -
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Joseph Stalin
The dictator of russia. He made Russia a communist country. He also helped to start the Cold war. -
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Albert Einstein
One of the smartest people to ever walk the earth. He invented the formula for how energy relates to mass and was major leader in the science area. -
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Pablo Picasso
One of the most famous artists of all time. He was very talented and his style of painting broke the strict rules of European "Style" and it influenced western style very much. -
The Berlin Confrence
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was the nazi dictator of Germany during WW2. He also persecuted the Jew very intensely and wiped out millions of them. -
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Sino-Japanese war
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Beginning and end of the boxer rebellion
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Emperor Hirohito
Was the emperor of Japan and made Japan a militaristic country. He allied with Germany and helped to attack the U.S -
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Russo Japanese war
A short war that was fought between Russia and Japan over Korea -
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WW1
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Russian revolution
The revolution ended the monarchy and implanted the Bolshevik system -
League of Nations created
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Margaret thatcher
Former prime minister -
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Chinese Communist revolution
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Great Depression
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Anne Frank
She was a Jewish citizen who did not survive the holocaust, she is known for her journals that she wrote on the matter -
rape of Nanjing
Thousands of Chinese people were killed, raped, and tortured by Japanese soldiers -
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ww2
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Attack on Peral Harbor
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Period: to
Tehran Confrence
Held between the Three major allied leaders -
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Cold war
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Yalta Confrence
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Period: to
Potsdam conference
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Marshall plan
Plan to help Europe to recover -
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Berlin Wall
A massive wall that separated West Germany from the East. -
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Collapse of the Soviet union
The soviet union split into 15 different countries -
The Tiananmen Massacre
Many protesters were slaughtered -
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Bosnian Genocide