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12,300 BCE
Humans arrive in the Pacific NW by way of the Bering Straight
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4000 BCE
Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations arrived from Nile Valley
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3000 BCE
Earliest know human writings in Ethiopia from Ancient Egypt
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Period: 1800 BCE to Jan 1, 900
Mayan empire exists
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300 BCE
Polynesian peoples arrive in Hawaii
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5
Athenians adopt a democratic government system
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341
Ethiopia adopts Christianity
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484
Herodotus, "father of history," is born
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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1400
Christianity and Feudalism spread throughout Europe
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Jan 1, 647
Arabs force Islam into the Maghreb area in Africa
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Jan 1, 650
Somolia converts to Islam
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Jan 1, 987
Russia - Vladimir the Great unites Kievan Rus
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Jan 1, 988
Russia - Vladimir converted the country from Slavic paganism to Eastern Orthodox.
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Jan 1, 1054
Europe and Asia - Schism in the Catholic Church
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Jan 1, 1100
First Muslims arrive in India
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta signed by England
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Period: Jan 1, 1220 to Jan 1, 1480
Russia submits to the Golden Horde
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Jan 1, 1221
Genghis Khan leads first Mongol invasion of India
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Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Jan 1, 1368
Yuan/Mongol Dynasty in China
Mongols introduce shamanism. -
Jan 1, 1288
Marco Polo visits in India
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Jan 1, 1321
First Christian Missionary arrives in India
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Period: Jan 1, 1345 to Jan 1, 1521
Aztec empire exists
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
Taoism and Buddhism became state sanctioned religions. -
Jan 1, 1480
Ivan the Great overthrows Mongol rule
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama is the first European explorers to reach India from Sea-route
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes enters Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1521
Cortes takes Tenochtitlan for Spain and renames Mexico City
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Jan 1, 1533
Ivan the Terrible unifies the Russian state.
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Jan 1, 1535
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado travels to New Spain
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Jan 1, 1535
Hernando Cortes explores the area latter known as California for the Spanish
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Jan 1, 1542
Emperor Akbar begins religious reforms in effort to unite Muslims and Hindus
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Jan 1, 1543
Pacific NW officially claimed for Spain
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Jan 1, 1579
Sir Francis Drake lands in California and claims for England, only to find it belongs to the Spanish
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British East India Company Established; given exclusive rights to trade with India
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Period: to
Ch’ing Dynasty in China
Religion became state sactioned -
Emperor Aurangzeb outlaws Hindu worship in India
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Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish
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Peter the Great creates Russian Empire
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British Warren Hastings appointed first Governor-General of India
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Declaration of Independence signed.
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Spain recognizes Britain’s claim to Oregon
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French take Algeria and make it a colony
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French take Tunisia to provide protection for Algeria
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French take Morocco to protect Algeria.
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Winston Churchill commissions the first tank
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The first tank "Little Willie," followed by "Big Willie" is built
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Germany begins production of the Panzer I
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US begins production of the Sherman tank
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Russia sends Sputnik I into space
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US sends Explorer I into space.
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Russia sends Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth.
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Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.
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Neil Armstrong steps on the moon
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French pull out of Algeria
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Archaeologists discover oldest known human ancestor
Ardipithecus ramidus kadaba (5 million years ago) -
Period: to
Apollo Soyuz Test Project becomes first joint country project in space
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Altair comes out as first home computer
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Apple releases Apple I home computer
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Apple releases Apple II with "graphical user interface"
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Arab Maghreb Union created as an economic union between Maghreb states.