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5000 BCE
I - Settlement in India
Farmers establish early settlements along the Indus and the Gangus rivers
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4000 BCE
M - First cities developed in Mesopotamia
The first cities settled in Mesopotamia were created around the Fertile Crescent in what is now Saudi Arabia.
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2700 BCE
I - Kannapen civilization thrives
Kannapen civilization thrives within walls and advanced sewer systems.
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2600 BCE
E - start of the Age Of Pyramids
Netjerikhet's step pyramid was built in Egypt and marked the stage of the Age Of Pyramids.
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/history/early-dynastic-period/3rd-dynasty/horus-netjerikhet/funerary-complex/step-pyramid.html -
2125 BCE
E - Civil war in Egypt
In the year 2125 B.C. Egypt falls into a civil war.
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2025 BCE
E - Mentuhotep II reunites Egypt
Mentuhotep reunited the country after a hundred year civil war.
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2000 BCE
G - The Minoan Period
By 2200 Minoan civilization had created a palace society. There were no defensive walls and there were small villages on the countryside.
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greece -
1900 BCE
M - Akkadian, the main language
Akkadian becomes the main spoken and written language of Mesopotamia.
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1780 BCE
M - Code of Hammarabi
Leader of Babylon, ruler Hammarabi imposed an 'eye for an eye' based law system over the worlds first Metropolis.
http://www.ushistory.org/civ/4c.asp -
1660 BCE
E - Hykos establish rule over Egypt.
Leaders of foreign origin known as Hykos, establish rule over Egypt.
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1500 BCE
C - Writing develops in China
The oldest writing in China is dated to this time.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-writing -
1230 BCE
G - The Mycenaean Period
Archaeological evidence has hinted to the fall of Troy being caused by the Mycenaean warlike culture.
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greece -
1200 BCE
M - Assyrians grow their empire
In 1200 B.C. Assyrians start to conquer much of Mesopotamia.
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1000 BCE
G - The Greek Dark Age
The wars in ancient Greece left its people hungry and poor for the next 200 years. This is officially known as the Greek dark ages.
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greece -
900 BCE
M - Assyrian kings conquer new lands.
Over the next 300 years Assyrian kings sent armies to spread there territory.
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/warfare/home_set.html -
876 BCE
I - Hindus invent the zero
The Hindu culture in India invent the zero
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/zero.jsp -
700 BCE
C - Production of iron
Iron is produced in China leading to advances in military strength.
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573 BCE
R - Rome is Founded
Rome is founded under the rule of a man named Romulus.
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/roman_empire/timeline_9/ -
528 BCE
I - Buddhism in India
Siddhartha reaches enlightenment and establishes the Buddhism religion.
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476 BCE
R - Start of the Dark Ages in Europe
The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.
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475 BCE
C - Warring states period begins
The start of the warring states period starts and ends in 221 B.C.E.
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/warring-states-period.htm -
410 BCE
R - 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.
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395 BCE
R - Rome Splits in two
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.
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333 BCE
G - Alexander The Great defeats the Persains.
Alexander the Great defeats the Persians at Issus and is given Egypt by the Persian Satrap where he builds a capital at Alexandria and creates the great library.
http://www.datesandevents.org/places-timelines/01-ancient-greece-timeline.htm -
328 BCE
I - India's golden age
A golden age of peace and prosperity advances arts and sciences in India.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_India -
220 BCE
C - Construction of The Great Wall Begins
Some time around 220 B.C.E Construction of The Great Wall started, and was finished in 206 B.C.E.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China -
206 BCE
C - The Han dynasty begins
The Han dynasty begins in 206 B.C.E.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/western.htm -
64 BCE
R - Rome is burned
The infamous roman emperor Nero set fire to most of Rome and blamed it on the Christians.
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/roman_empire/timeline_9/ -
25 BCE
E - Cleopatra VII, the last queen.
Cleopatra VII was the last queen of an independent Egypt.
http://www.biography.com/people/cleopatra-vii-9250984 -
267
G - Goths sack Sparta, Athens, and Corinth
The Germanic tribes from the north come down and pillage some of Greece's most well known cities
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Dec 12, 1096
MA - First Crusades Begin
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Dec 5, 1215
MA - Magna Carta is signed
Rebels oppose King John of England. But they have no ruler to take his place. Instead they have him sign a document, the Magna Carta, stating that there is no divine right of kings.
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Dec 12, 1299
MA - The Ottoman Empire is formed
Orhan captured the Anatolian city of Bursa in 1326, and made it the new capital of the Ottoman state. This resulted in the loss of Byzantine control over the Anatolia.
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Dec 5, 1337
MA - The Hundered years war
Edward III of England declares war on France since he feels he should also be king of that country. The fighting continues until about 1453.
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Jan 12, 1415
EE - Portugal Takes Africa
Portugal became a prominent sailing force around the world and seized the coastal city of Ceuta, inspiring Henry The Navigator to explore the south coast of Africa.
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/age_of_exploration_timeline/348/ -
Dec 5, 1429
MA - joan of arc
Joan of Arc wins the Battle of Orleans for France during the Hundred Years War. She encouraged her troops in their war against the English, until she was captured. Falsely accused of being a witch, she is tried and then sentenced to death by burning.
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Dec 12, 1440
R&R - First Printing Press
Johannes Guttenberg creates the first printing press created with movable pieces of letters to line up with the paper.
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Dec 12, 1478
R&R Spanish Inquisition
Ferdinand and Isabella appointed Dominican priest Tomás de Torquemada as Grand Inquisitor and he headed for the ranks of Jews and Muslims who had converted to Christianity.
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Jan 12, 1492
EE - Christopher Colombus
Christopher Columbus knew that the world was round so he thought he could sail to the west and end up in eastern India. What he didn't know was that there was two continents in the way. He landed in the Caribbean and thus the Americas were discovered.
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/age_of_exploration_timeline/348/ -
May 20, 1498
EE - Vasco Da Gama Reaches India
Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama rounds the southern coast of Africa and lands in India setting up trading posts along the way.
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Dec 12, 1504
R&R - The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci and is though to be a painting of Lisa Gherardini. The Mona Lisa is one of the most well known paintings to this day and has an estimated worth of about 1 billion.
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Apr 25, 1507
EE - The "New World" becomes the Americas
A German map maker reads about columbus' "New World" and decides to rename the newly discovered region the Americas.
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Dec 12, 1517
R&R - Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther puts his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, against the Catholic doctrine of indulgences and begins the Protestant Reformation.
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Dec 12, 1526
R&R - First English Bible
William Tyndale translates the first bible into English and with the invention of the printing press this book has become one of the most printed books in the world.
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EE - The East India Company
English traders wanted to exploit the spice monopoly created by the Portuguese and the Spanish, so with royal charter they create the East India Company.
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EN - Mary Astell wrote The Serious Proposal to the Ladies.
Mary Astell The Serious Proposal to the Ladies which stated that women needed a higher level of education.
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EN - Holbach Published Systems of Nature.
Holbach published The Systems of Nature which stated that the universe is made up of matter and motion.
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/DBQ1998-1999/DBQTimeLine%207-99.htm -
EN - Hume published The Treaties on Human Nature
Hume Published The Treaties on Human Nature
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/DBQ1998-1999/DBQTimeLine%207-99.htm -
IR - Electric Telegraph
In 1774 Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraphhttp://storiesofusa.com/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-1712-1942/ -
EN - Immanuel Kant publishes The Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant publishes The Critique of Pure Reason, which states his analysis of the human mind and how it relates to nature.
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/DBQ1998-1999/DBQTimeLine%207-99.htm -
FR - Armed citizens capturte the city of Bastille
Being only a prison with 7 inmates it was a symbol of abuses by the monarchs, and its fall was the flash-point of the French Revolution.
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IR - The cotton spin is invented
The United States issued its first patent to William Pollard for a machine that spins cotton in 1790
http://storiesofusa.com/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-1712-1942/ -
FR - Food Riots Across Paris
After a factory raised its prices on food due to a bad winter the citizens in the streets rioted and demanded food.
https://www.marxists.org/history/france/revolution/timeline.htm -
EN - Thomas Paine Publishes the Rights of Man
Thomas Paine Publishes his Rights of Man which has 31 articles, that say that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people
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FR - Supreme Being
Robespierre was decreed the new religion of the Supreme Being and on June 8th he was Inaugurated.
https://www.marxists.org/history/france/revolution/timeline.htm -
FR - Churches Re-open
Due to the de christianization in France during the revolution churches were forced to shut down but were re-opened in 1795.
https://www.marxists.org/history/france/revolution/timeline.htm -
FR - Napoleon
Napoleon assumes command of the French army in Italy
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IR - Henry Blair invents the corn planter
Henry Blair patents a corn planter and is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent.
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IR - Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph and Morse code which modernizes communication around the world. Morse code is still used today by the military and for recreational use.
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IR - The combustion Engine
Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. almost all cars today still use internal combustion engines and they are the most popular way of transportion to this day
http://storiesofusa.com/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-1712-1942/
