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4000 BC
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Creation/ Fall of Mankind
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2300 BC
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Flood
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2000 BC
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Abraham is called out of Ur
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2000 BC
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Rise of Indus Valley Civilization in India
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2000 BC
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Rise of Aegean Civilization
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1850 BC
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Hebrews sojourn in Egypt
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1580 BC
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New Kingdom established in Egypt/ Height of the Egyptian Empire
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1500 BC
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Invention of Sinai Script/ Exodus/ Ten Commandments
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1500 BC
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Rise of Huang He Valley Civilization in China
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1100 BC
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Decline of Egypt/ Rise of the Kingdom of Cush
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1100 BC
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Collapse of the New Kingdom in Egypt/ Decline of Egypt/ Beginning of foreign invasion and dominations
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1015-975 BC
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Reign of King Solomon in Israel
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753 BC
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Founding of Rome
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721 BC
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Conquest of Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyrians
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700 BC
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Beginning of Hellenistic (Classical) Age of Greece
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612 BC
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Fall of Ninevah
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586 BC
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Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar/ Babylonian Captivity of the Jews
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509 BC
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Roman Republic Established
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431-404 BC
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Peloponnesian War
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332-323 BC
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Egypt conquered by Alexander the Great/ Ptolemy established Hellenistic Dynasty
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255-206 BC
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Ch'in Dynasty in China/ Great Wall of China
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30 BC
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Egypt conquered by Romans
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30 BC
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Octavian (Caesar Augustus) becomes first emperor of Rome/ Beginning of Pax Romana
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AD 35
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Ethiopian Eunuch becomes first-known African convert to Christianity
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AD 320-535
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Gupta Dynasty in India/ "Golden Age" of India
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AD 476
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End of Western Roman Empire
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AD 500
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Fall of the Roman Empire
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AD 700
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North Africa overrun by Islam
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AD 1200s-1368
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Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan/ Yuan Dynasty in China/ Marco Polo travels to the Orient
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AD 1500
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Renaissance/ Reformation
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AD 30
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Death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
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AD 64
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Roman persecution of Christians begins under Nero
Apostles Paul and Peter martyred
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AD 313
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Edict of Milan legalizes Christianity
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AD 395
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Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West
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AD 1453
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Capture of Constantinople
End of Byzantine Empire
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AD 732
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Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Battle of Tours
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AD 843
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Treaty of Verdan divides Carolingian Empire
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AD 919
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Henry the Fowler begins Saxon line of German kings
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AD 1229
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Council of Toulouse forbids possession of Bible among laymen
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AD 1305-1378
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Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy
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AD 1060
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University of Salerno established
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AD 1096-1099
Definition
First Crusade
Crusaders establish four kingdoms in Holy Land
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AD 1334-1351
Definition
Black Death in Europe kills 25 million people
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AD 1382
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First English Bible
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AD 1440
Definition
Gutenberg invents moveable-type printing press
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AD 1066
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Battle of Hastings
Beginning of Norman Conquest
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AD 1215
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Magna Carta
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AD 1302
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First meeting of Estates-General
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AD 1492
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain defeat last Moorish kingdom in Spain
Columbus discovers New World
Spanish Inquisition begins
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AD 1516
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Desiderius Erasmus publishes first printed edition of Greek New Testament
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AD 1517
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Martin Luther posts Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg Germany
Beginning of Protestant Reformation
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AD 1521
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Diet of Worms
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1530
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Augsburg Confession
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1555
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Peace of Augsburg recognizes Lutheranism
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AD 1588
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England defeats the Spanish Armada
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AD 1618-1648
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Thirty Year's War-- last great religious war in Europe
Peace of Westphalia (1648)
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AD 1543
Definition
Copernicus develops heliocentric view of the universe
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AD 1666
Definition
French Academy of Science founded by Huguenots and Jansenists
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AD 1687
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Newton publishes Principia
Development of the universal law of gravity and laws of motion
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AD 1295
Definition
Model Parliament in England
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