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Period: 100 BCE to 1500
The Roman and Byzantine Empires
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27 BCE
Augustus becomes first Roman emperor
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1 CE
According to Christianity, Jesus is born.
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14
Augustus dies
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117
The Roman Empire reaches its largest extent
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117
Trade extended through Europe and parts of Asia
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313
Emperor Constantine ends persecution of Christians in the empire
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476
The western Roman empire collapses
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527
Justinian becomes Byzantine emperor
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1054
Great Schism divides Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches
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1453
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.Byzantine empire ends.