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Beginnings of agriculture

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8000 BCE

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invention of wheel, plough (Mesopotamia) and sail (Egypt)

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3500 BCE

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Invention of writing in Mesopotamia

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3200 BCE

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4
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founding of first cities i n Sumeria

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3000 BCE

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5
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invention of ironworking

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7th century BCE

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Beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism and Greek Golden Age

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5th century BCE

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7
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Alexander the Great

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323 BCE

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8
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Qin unified China

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221 BCE

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9
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Fail of the Mauryan dynasty

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184 BCE

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10
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Beginnings of Christianity

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32 CE

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11
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end of Pax Romana

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180 CE

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12
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end of Han Dynasty

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220 CE

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13
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Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity

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312 CE

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14
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Rise of the Gupta in India

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320

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15
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Roman capital moved to Constantinople

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333

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16
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Fall of Rome in the West ends 800 years of Roman hegemony

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476

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17
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Justinian rules Byzantine Empire

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527

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18
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Fall of the Gupta in India

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550

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19
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Rise of Islam

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622

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20
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Printing invented in China

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730

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21
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Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move to France)

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732

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22
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Decline of classical Maya

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900

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23
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Schism of Greek and Latin Christian Churches divides Christianity permanently into two geographical
and denominational halves

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1054

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24
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Norman Conquest of England

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1066

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25
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Seljuk defeat of Byzantines (Battle of Manzikert)

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1071

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26
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1 s t Crusade

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1095

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27
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Genghis Khan begins his conquest of Asia

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1206

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28
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Magna Carta signed by King John at Runnymede: beginning of constitutional rule.

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1215

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29
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Mongols sack Baghdad

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1258

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30
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Marco Polo travels

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1271-1295

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31
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Rise of Ottomans

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1300s

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32
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Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage

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1324

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33
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travels of Ibn Battuta

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1325-1349

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34
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Bubonic plague in Europe

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1347-1348

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35
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end of Zheng He’s voyages

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1433

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36
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Rise of the Inca

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1438

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37
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Ottomans capture Constantinople

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1453

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38
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Aztec Empire at its height

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1486

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39
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Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope

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1488

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40
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Columbus sailed to Hispaniola/Reconquista of Spain

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1492

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41
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first African slaves transported to Caribbean

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1502

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42
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Martin Luther/ 95 theses - Protestant Reformation

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1517

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43
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Cortez conquered the Aztecs

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1521

44
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Pizarro toppled the Inca

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1533

45
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discovery of silver at Potosi

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1545

46
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Battle of Lepanto - naval defeat of Ottomans

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1571

47
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defeat of the Spanish Armada

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1588

48
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Battle of Sekigahara - beginning of Tokugawa Shogonate

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1600

49
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founding of Jamestown (first slaves there in 1619)

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1607

50
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30 years war in Europe

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1618-1648

51
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End of Ming Dynasty - rise of the Qing

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1644

52
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Establishment of Cape Town Colony

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1652

53
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unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

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1683

54
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Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights

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1689

55
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7 years war/French and Indian War

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1756-1763

56
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Invention of the Spinning Jenny: man-using machines

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1767

57
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The American Declaration of Independence

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1775

58
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American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations

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1776

59
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French Revolution - The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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1789

60
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Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccination: the first real breakthrough in combating infectious diseases

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1796

61
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Haitian independence

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1804

62
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British Abolition of the slave trade

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1807

63
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Latin American independence (first Mexican Revolution

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1810-1825

64
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Metternich hosts Congress of Vienna (after Battle of Waterloo: the Napoleonic Empire ends)

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1815

65
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1 s t opium war between China and England

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1839

66
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European revolutions/Marx & Engels write Communist Manifesto/The resolutions passed at the Seneca Falls Conference
in 1848

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1848

67
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Commodore Perry opens Japan

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1853-

68
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Sepoy Mutiny in India

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1857-

69
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end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification

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1861

70
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Emancipation Proclamation issued in US

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1863

71
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German unification

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1871

72
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Berlin Conference and Benz develops first petrol-driven car

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1885

73
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New Zealand is the first to award women suffrage; other nations in the Commonwealth soon follow

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1893

74
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Battle of Adwa - Ethiopians fend off Italians.

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1896

75
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Spanish-American War - Spain loses colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines)

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1898

76
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Boer War - Dutch under British rule in South Africa

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1899

77
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Russo-Japanese war and Einstein’s theory of special relativity published

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1905

78
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Mexican Revolution

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1910 -1920

79
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Chinese Revolution

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1911

80
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WWI/ Treaty of Versailles

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1914 -1919

81
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Russian Revolution

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1917

82
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stock market crash/ Great Depression

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1929

83
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria

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1931

84
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Italian invasion of Ethiopia

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1935

85
Q

German blitzkrieg in Poland

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1939

86
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Pearl Harbor

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1941

87
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Soviets defeat Germans at Stalingrad

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1943

88
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end of WWII - and dropping of atomic bombs on Japan

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1945

89
Q

freedom & partition of India

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1947

90
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birth of Israel / The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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1948

91
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Chinese Communist Revolution

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1949

92
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Korean War

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1950-1953

93
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Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu

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1954

94
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de-Stalinization/Nationalization of Suez Canal

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1956

95
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Ghana is first African nation to gain independence

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1957

96
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Cuban Revolution and Invention of the silicon chip (beginning of computer age).

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1959

97
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6 day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution

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1967

98
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Yom Kippur War

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1973

99
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Iranian Revolution

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1979

100
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1 s t Palestinian Intifada

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1987

101
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Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall - Collapse of Communist regimes in Europe

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1989

102
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Namibia is the last country to gain independence in Africa

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1990

103
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Fall of USSR/ 1st Gulf war

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1991

104
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Genocide in Rwanda/ 1st all race elections in S. Africa

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1994

105
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9/11 attacks / War in Afghanistan

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2001

106
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Great Global Recession begins

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2007

107
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Wikileaks - Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan, Yemenese, Syrian, mmBahraini etc. democracy movement

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2011

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