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Earliest evidence of burials found in Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece
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Evidence of food producing economy, simple hut construction, and seafaring in mainland Greece and the Aegean
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Destruction of Minoan settlements
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‘The Spirit of the Laws' created controversy after the Roman Catholic Church included it in the ‘Index of Forbidden Books’
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he came out with his work titled, ‘Défense de L’Esprit des Lois ', which was a defence written with reference to his previously published work, ‘The Spirit of the Laws'.
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his book on political theory titled, ‘The Spirit of the Laws' was published in France. This book was published anonymously due to certain censorship issues on his work.
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he published his work titled, ‘Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans'. This work is believed to have been published anonymously in Holland.
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he came back to France from England and began to work on the manuscript of his political book, ‘The Spirit of the Laws', for which he drew inspiration from the English political system, which he observed while in England.
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he had lost interest in his political career and life in the Parliament. The same year, he resigned from the Parliament and left France to travel out of the country.
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he published his work titled, ‘Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate' and 'Reflexionssur la MonarchieUniverselle ' The following year, he came out with 'Le Temple de Gnide '.
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he came out with his book titled, ‘Persian Letters', which was a political satire and social satire in the French context. The book earned him immense critical acclaim.
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Destruction of Minoan palaces
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The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople in 1453 A.D. It is renamed Istanbul in 1930.
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"Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Destruction of Miletus and resettlement
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Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma.
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Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily
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The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
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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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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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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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Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD.
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Death of Alexander the Grea
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Rome becomes a Christian empire. Before this, Rome persecuted the Christians. Constantius dies. His son Constantine is the new vice-emperor of Galerius.
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Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy. This becomes part of the Second Punic War.
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Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy. This becomes part of the Second Punic War.
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Roman Invasion of Greece
Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
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Roman Invasion of Greece
Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
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The Hadrian Wall was built in 122 AD. It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out.
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The Colosseum was built in 80 AD. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland.
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Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it.
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Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. He becomes the supreme ruler of Rome. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hires Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar.
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Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor.
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Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead.
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The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
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makes it where you cant assign anyone to crule and unussual punishment,
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John Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, England, to Puritan parents. His father, also called John Locke was a country lawyer and a small landowner who had served as a captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War. His mother’s name was Agnes Keene.
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The early 1680s was a period of great political turmoil in England and Locke was forced to leave the country under strong suspicion of his involvement in the Rye House Plot. However, there is little historical evidence to prove that he was directly involved.
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In 1689, his ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ was published. Initially written in Latin, the work was soon translated into other languages. The work, which reflected his views on religion and society, stated that the Church can gain genuine converts only through persuasion and not through violence.
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The english bill of rights limited power to sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament.
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He died on 28 October 1704 and was buried in the churchyard of the village of High Laver.
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he was appointed as a councillor in the Bordeaux Parliament. He later went on to become the deputy president of the Bordeaux Parliament. By this time he had established a social status for himself and was a wealthy man.
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He travelled to various parts of Germany, Italy and Austria and later went to England, where he spent the next two years. During his stay in England, he was very impressed with the political system there.
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February 9th - Thomas Paine is born in Thetford, Norfolk, to Joseph and Frances Paine. His father is a stay-maker.
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September 27th - Thomas marries Mary Lambert. Her father had been an excise officer. She dies a year later in childbirth. The baby dies too.
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Thomas mostly works as an excise officer.
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March 26th - Thomas marries Elizabeth Ollive. The previous year, he had set up a tobacco business with Elizabeth and her mother.
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Thomas is fired for writing a pamphlet demanding better pay and conditions. He separates from his wife and moves to London with £45.
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A protest about the Intolerable Acts. Representatives attended from all the colonies except for Georgia.
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Massachusetts Patriots, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor
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The American Revolution begins. Thomas gets a job as a magazine editor.
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Thomas publishes 'Common Sense' which presents good arguments for Americans becoming independent. It is read widely.
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Thomas fights, writes and raises money for George Washington's army to help them to victory.
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Announces that the 13 American colonies, that were at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Giving us out amendments
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Before he died, he left behind an unfinished draft of his work ‘Encyclopedie of Diderot and D'Alembert’.
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Thomas travels to France and Britain, visits his mother and looks for sponsors for a single-span iron bridge he has designed.
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To address the problems of the weak central government.
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the plan was about the outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to protect the power.
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a proposal for the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention
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While he was in Paris, he represented the Parliament and the Academy of Bordeaux. During this phase of his life, he went on to publish some of his minor works.
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