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300
Classic Mayan Civilization began
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300
Camels are brought to the Sahara
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476
The Fall of Rome
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500
The Byzantine Empire Begins
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500
Ghana Begins
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552
Buddhism was introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The seventeen Article constitution began
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad Becomes a Prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The First Official Version of the Qu'ran was written
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Jan 1, 700
Traders Bring Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara becomes the capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking begins to spred the Qu'ran
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism Begins
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Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written
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Jan 1, 1050
Movable Type was Invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
The Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches split
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Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty Begins Civil Service Exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista Begins with Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade Begins
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Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade Begins
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Jan 1, 1185
The Heiyan period ended
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Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade Begins
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Jan 1, 1192
The era of the samurai began
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Jan 1, 1192
The First Shogun Came to Power
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Jan 1, 1200
Aztecs arrive in the valley of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1200
Incas settle in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1203
Ghana Collapses
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Jun 1, 1215
The Signing of the Magna Carta
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Jan 1, 1240
The Mali Empire Begins
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols Destroy Baghdad
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Jan 1, 1279
The Mongol Dynasty Begins
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol Empire is Weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism Began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance Began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa is the First Islamic Ruler in West Africa
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs begin building Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1337
The Hundred Years' War Begins
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Jan 1, 1347
Bubuonic Plague Begins
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Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu becomes a Center for Arabic Learning
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Jan 1, 1368
The Ming Dynasty Begins
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Jan 1, 1368
The Mongol Dynasty Ends
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition Takes Place
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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He makes his first Voyage
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas began to create roads
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire Ends
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Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
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Jan 1, 1460
The Songhai Empire Begins
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family began to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Barolomeu Dias begins to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish Conquer Granada
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Jan 1, 1492
Isabella sends Columbus to find a route to Asia by West
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco de Gama sails to India
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot lands in Canada
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral sails to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1500
The microscope was invented
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo Completes his statue of David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus states the Earth revolves around the Sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther Posted his Ninety-Five Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinard Magellan begins to circumnavigate
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Jan 1, 1520
Hernan Cortez destroys the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tynsdale Translated the Bible to English
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Jan 1, 1530
John Calivn creates Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire Ended
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Jan 1, 1533
Francisco Pizarro destroys the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII created Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus declares heliocentricity
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent was Formed
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The Songhai Empire Ends
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Galileo decides to build a telescope
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Henry Hudson trys to find the Northwest Passage
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Mali Ends
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The Thirty Years' War Begins
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The Ming Dynasty Ended
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Peace of Westfalia was signed
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The Thirty Years' War Ends
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Newton publishes a book on gravity
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The era of the samurai ended
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Charlemagne's Christian Empire
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The Tang Dynasty Begins
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The Tang Dynasty Records a Formula for Gunpowder
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Buddhism expands in the Tang Dynasty
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The Japanese invent Kana
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Prince Shototku comes to power
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Heian period begins
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Post-Classic Mayan Civilization Ended
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The Tang Dynasty Ended
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Heian-Kyo/Tokyo becomes Japan's capital