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1500 BCE
Hinduism
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483 BCE
Buddhism
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Jan 1, 622
Islam
Hijra of Muhammed
Islamic calendar year 0 -
Period: Jan 1, 650 to Dec 30, 750
Umayyad Empire
Islam becomes 1st global religion
Islam spreads from France to India -
Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Dec 25, 1450
Mongol Period
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Period: Jan 1, 1453 to
Ottoman Empire
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Sepoy Rebellion
First war for independence -
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Berlin Confrence
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Last Chinese Dynasty
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Period: to
World War 1
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Russian Revolution
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Period: to
World War 2
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Period: to
Cold War
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Independence of India
Creation of Pakistan -
Creation of Israel
Nakba - "the catastrophe" -
Mao and Communism
People's Republic of China created
China becomes communist -
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China's Cultural Revolution
Chinese holocaust -
6 Day War
West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Sinai (given back to Egypt 1979) -
Khomeini
Start of large scale fundamentalism -
1st time black South Africans vote