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Out of Africa theory. The Skuhl People were discovered in Israel. Neanderthal remains were found in Eurasia.
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Homo sapiens evolved in East Africa 300,000 years ago.This group survived by making and using stone tools, and creating farms.
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From 5000 BCE to 3100 BCE. The first city-states begin to develop in southern Mesopotamia.
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From 4500 BCE to 4000 BCE. The Sumer people see the rise of cities because of prosperity due to the fertile crescent. Irrigation systems help with agriculture.
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Lived between 3400 BCE to 3100 BCE. He died during the Copper Age.
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From 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE. There were the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. The civilization was by the river.
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From 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE. One of the three kingdoms of Egypt.
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From 2649 BCE to 1070 BCE.
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Last from 2500 BCE to 609 BCE.
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From 2050 BCE to 1800 BCE. One of the three kingdoms of Egypt.
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From 1792 BCE to 539 BCE.
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From 1550 BCE to 1100 BCE. One of the Kingdoms of Egypt.
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The Sea People invaded and stomped Egypt.
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From 550 BCE to 330 BCE. Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire.
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A 30-year war between Athenians and Spartans over resources. The Spartans won.
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Alexander the Great conquered territory which allowed for a more closely connected world allowing for trade and communication.
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From the Qin Dynasty onward. The Great Wall is being built and added on during other dynasties.
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During the Qin Dynasty.
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From 150 BCE to 1911 CE.
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Died 44 BCE.
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Part of the Fall of Rome.
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Eventually spreads to Asia
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Moors in France. The conflict was over the spread of Islam.
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739 to 1000. The vikings had long boats that traveled up to 40 knots. They eventually settled in England and Russia.
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Would become western Europe.
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Born 950 to 1003. Erik lived in Norway. He was a big man who was banished to Greenland and then to Iceland.
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Born 970 to 1020.The son of Erik the Red. He was also known as Leif the Lucky.
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Harold Godwin wanted to be king and the people wanted an Anglo Saxon king. Harold fought William for the throne and lost, thus ending the Anglo Saxon rule in England.
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From 1096 to 1270. Knights who were bored and decided to win back the land from Arabs.The knights were more like thugs rather than heroes.
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From 1260 to 1269, Marco Polo trades in Asian, specifically with China.
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From 1346 to 1353. The mongols from China attacked by catapulting dead soldiers with diseases into the city, spreading to the rats and the fleas.
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Begins roughly in 1400 in Florence with support from de' Medici family.
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The de' Medici family helps fund and support the Renaissance in Europe.
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Born 1485 to 1547. Cortes overthrew the Aztec Empire and won Mexico for Spain. He discovered and named California.
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Born 1491 to 1557. A french explorer who lead a voyage to the New World. He was a skilled navigator.
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Columbus wanted to get to India, but he ended up in the Americas. His voyage was financed by Queen Isabella.
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Is modern day Mexico City.
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Born 1554 to 1618. Raleigh was an English explorer. He attempted to establish a colony he named Virginia between 1584 and 1589. Raleigh was accused of treason in 1603 and was eventually executed.
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A Spanish colony.
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Born 1574 to 1635. He was a French explorer and cartographer. He discovered the city of Quebec and survived his first winter in Quebec.
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Born 1580 to 1638. Minuit was a Protestant leader of the New York colony.He established a governing council of 5 members, however, he was the ultimate ruler.
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The Lost Colony.
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Born 1592 to 1672. Stuyvesant worked with Dutch West India company. He eventually became the director in colonies of Aruba and Bonaire. He traveled to the New World in 1647.
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Rolfe helped the Virginia Colony prosper by planting tobacco seed.
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A peace treaty between Pilgrims and the tobacco people.
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The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England. Only a minority of the passengers were Pilgrims.
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From 1620 to 1691. The first permanent colony in Massachusetts. It was named by John Smith.
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New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch West India Company.
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The name is changed after the English take over.
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From 1756 to 1763. Also known as "Second Hundred War". The British and the French engage in conflict over the French expansion into the Ohio River Valley.
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From 1769 to 1821. Napoleon was Italian and an opportunist. He was arrested for treason following "Reign of Terror". He reformed French education and discovered the Rosetta Stone.
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"The British are coming!" was never said.
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From 1777 to 1778 in Pennsylvania. Many died due to the harsh living environment.
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Two battles that took place in September and October. A crucial victory for the Patriots. It was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
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The Americans win.
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The French versus the British in Yorktown, Virginia. Leads to the Treaty of Paris.
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A peace treaty between the United States and Britain.
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Contains the first 10 amendments.
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From 1789 to 1799. Replaced Aristocracy with a republic, which didn't last long. The Republic was ended by Napoleon.
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From 1800 to 1865. Slaves made-up about one-third of the southern population. A system of restrictive codes were placed to govern the lives of slaves.
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The Louisiana territory was bought for 15 million dollars from France.
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The British versus the Americans.
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Though this treaty was signed, the war still continued because armies didn't the war was over.
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The White House was burned down by the British.
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From 1861 to 1865. The Union versus the Confederacy over slavery and central power. This was the deadliest war in America.
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After a series of broken treaties and unfair treatment, the Dakota reach a boiling point with the Americans. Four Dakota men kill white settlers which eventually leads to war. The war lasted 6 weeks.
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The Dakota people lost the war. In retaliation, the largest execution in American history is executed.
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From 1865 to 1877. Following Lincoln's death, Andrew Johnson became president and introduced the restrictive "Black Codes". Africans and African Americans were free but still have to fight for equality.
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From 1915 to 1918. Most of Europe is still an aristocracy.
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From 1920 to 1933. The ban on alcohol.
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From 1929 to 1939. There is an unemployment rate of 25%.
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From 1940 to 1949.
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The Japanese attack an U.S. naval base in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor.
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From 1955 to 1975.
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From 1990 to 1991. Also known as Operation Desert Storm. Saddam Hussein, the dictator in Iraq, ordered an invasion on Kuwait.
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He had a copper ax.
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al-Qaeda hijacks planes and crashes them.
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From 2003 to 2011. The U.S invited under the idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
