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300
Camels were first brought to the Sahara
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300
Classic Mayan Civilization Begins
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476
The Fall of Rome
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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453
Byzantine Empire
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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203
Ghana Empire
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552
Buddhism is Introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
Beginning of Seventeen Article Constitution
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad Became the Prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The First Official Version of the Qur'an
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Period: Jan 1, 700 to Jan 1, 750
Traders introduce Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara Became the Capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking Spreads the Qur'an
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Jan 1, 1000
The Beginning of Feudalism
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Jan 1, 1000
Tale of Genji Written
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Jan 1, 1050
Moveable Type was created in China
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Jan 1, 1054
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chuches Split
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Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty Begins Civil Service Exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista Began with Toledo
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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099
First Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1146 to Jan 1, 1148
The Second Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1189 to Jan 1, 1192
The Third Crusade
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Jan 1, 1192
The First Shogun is Appointed
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Period: Jan 1, 1192 to
Era of the Samurai
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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1532
Incas Settle in Cuzco - End of Inca Empire
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Jun 1, 1215
Signing of the Magna Carta
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Period: Jan 1, 1240 to
Mali Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 1250 to Jan 1, 1519
Aztecs Arrive in the Valley of Mexico - End of The Aztec Empire
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols Destroyed Baghdad
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Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368
Yuan Dynasty (Mongols)
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Jan 1, 1300
Mongol Empire Weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism Begins in Italy
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa becomes the first Islamic leader
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs Started Building Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1337
The Hundred Years' War Begins
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Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague Begins
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Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu becomes a center of Arabic learning
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition Took Place
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Period: Jan 1, 1438 to Jan 1, 1532
Incas Create Road System
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Jan 1, 1450
Zheng He's First Voyage
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
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Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
Songhai Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1492
The Medicis Rule Over Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias Began to Sail Around the Tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
Spanish Conquer Grenada
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Jan 1, 1492
Queen Isabella Sponsors Chrisopher Columbus
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot Landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama Began to Sail to India
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Jan 1, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization Ended
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral Began to Sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1500
Invention of the Microscope
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo Completes his Statue of David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus States that the Earth Revolves Around the Sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther Posts the 95 Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan Began to Sail Around the World
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes Destroyed the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
John Cabot Landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tyndale Translates the Bible into English
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Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro Destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII created Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin Creates Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus Stated his Theory of the Heliocentric Universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent is Formed
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Henry Hudson Began to try to find the Northwest Passage
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Galileo Decided to Build a Telescope
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Period: to
The Thirty Years' War
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Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
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Newton Published a Book about Gravity
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Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins
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Formula for Gunpowder Recorded
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Kana is Invented
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Prince Shotoku Comes to Power
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Heian-kyo Becomes the Capital of Japan
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Period: to
Tang Dynasty
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Period: to
Buddhism Expands Under Tang Dynasty
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Period: to Jan 1, 1185
Heian Period