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221 BCE
Qin Shihuangdi unifies China
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty
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Period: 31 BCE to 180
The Pax Romana
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1 CE
Birth of Jesus- Christianity begins soon
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70
First Jewish Revolt
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132
Second Jewish Revolt
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Period: 220 to 589
Period of Disunion
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325
Constantine and the Council of Nicea wrote the Nicene Creed
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395
Paganism was outlawed in the Roman Empire
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476
Fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire
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Period: 589 to 618
The Sui Dynasty
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Period: 618 to 907
The Tang Dynasty
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622
Hijra to Medina; Islam Begins
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750
Beginning of the Abbasid Dynasty in the Muslim World
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Period: 750 to 1258
The Golden Age of Islam; Ends with the fall of Baghdad to Mongols
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751
The Battle of Talas
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755
The Rebellion of An Lushan
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845
The Persecution of Buddhists in Tang China
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Period: 970 to 1127
The Song Dynasty (northern song)
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1000
Al biruni brought to India by Mahmud of Ghazni/Tale of Genji
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1127
The start of the Southern Song
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1235
Sundiata creates Mali Empire
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1236
Delhi Sultanate in India
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1279
Kubilai Khan and Mongols complete conquest of China Yuan Dynasty
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1368
Start of the Ming Dynasty; Mongols forced out of China
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1368
Ibn Battuta travels around the Muslim World, 14th century
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Period: 1405 to 1433
Voyages of Zheng He from China to Africa
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1453
Muslim Turks conquer Constantinople/ Renamed Istanbul
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1492
Coloumbus sails to Central America and tekks the world about it