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Caesar invades Britain
The Romans ruled Gaul (Gallia they called it). Today it's France. In 55 B.C. the Roman General Julius Caesar led his army across the sea from Gaul to Britain. He wanted to make Britain part of Rome's empire. The British Celts fought bravely, and Caesar soon went back to Gaul. -
206
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China was built by several different Chinese emperors to protect the people from their enemies. The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols. The wall was built by peasants, slaves, criminals, and other people that the emperor decided to punish. It took 1000 years to build. -
431
Peloponnesian War
The Greek states often fought each other. Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404 BC. Sparta won. Only the threat of invasion by a foreign enemy made the Greeks forget their quarrels and fight on the same side. Their main enemy was Persia. -
Jan 1, 753
Founding of Rome
Rome was founded circa 753 BC. The Romans had a legend to explain the founding of Rome. The twin sons of the God of War Mars, called Romulus and Remus, founded the city amongst the seven hills of Rome. -
Jan 1, 776
The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival. The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis. People from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part. -
Jan 1, 1190
The Trojan War
The Trojan War began against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus the King of Sparta. The Greeks used a Trojan Horse disguised as a gift to gain entry beyond Troy's infamous fortified walls. -
The Iron Age
The Iron Age (700 BC-AD 43) is often identified with the Celts. This took place in Europe. They lived in small, farming communities. The Celts are credited with the invention of soap. -
The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age in Britain ran until around 800 BC when bronze began to be replaced by iron as the principal metal used to make tools. Bronze was made by mixing copper with a small amount of tin. The weapons created during this period include daggers, swords and axes. -
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is the area of land between the River Euphrates and the River Tigris, it was also known as the 'Cradle of Civilization'. The achievements from these civilizations include:
The Sumerians developed a number system based on 60. They divided an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds. -
The Egyptians Settled
Early people began to settle in the Nile Valley. Egyptians made pottery vessels out of clay and silt from the River Nile
