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3200 BCE
Sumerian form of writing
Invention of wedge-shaped symbols known as cuneiforms -
Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE
Reign of Ramesses the Great
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776 BCE
First official Olympic Games
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Period: 563 BCE to 483 BCE
Life of Buddha
Establishment of Buddhism -
Period: 356 BCE to 323
Life of Alexander the Great
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221 BCE
Qin Shi Huang, the first ruler of all China
He conquered six rival states -
30 BCE
Death of Cleopatra VII
She was the last pharaoh of Egypt -
27 BCE
Reign of Caesar Augustus begins
He was the first emperor of Rome
