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| 67025368 | 8,000 BCE | 1st known civilization begins--Jericho | |
| 67025369 | 776 BCE | First Olympiad held--Beauty of human body--Man is measure of all--Humanism | |
| 67025370 | 753 BCE | Legendary founding or Rome--Romulus and Remus--Romans related to gods | |
| 67025371 | 509 BCE | Roman Republic founded | |
| 67025372 | 331-332 BCE | Alexander the Great conquers the known world--End of Mesopotamian art | |
| 67025373 | 44 BCE | Julius Caesar assassinated--Roman Republic ends and Imperialism begins | |
| 67025374 | 79 | Mr Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompey and recording Roman art forever | |
| 67025375 | 313 | Edit of Milan grants religious toleration to Christians--ERC art begins | |
| 67025376 | 330 | Constantine splits the Roman Empire, goes to Byzantium (Istanbul)--Begins Byz Art | |
| 67025377 | 476 | Fall of Western Roman Empire to Germanic Tribes--Beginning of Nomadic Art | |
| 67025378 | 525-65 | Justinian and Theodore reign in Constantinople--Ravenna revival | |
| 67025379 | 600's | Mohammed has his vision and Islam begins--Horseshoe arch, onion domes, etc | |
| 67025380 | 732 | Battle of Tours--Charlemagne crowned | |
| 67025381 | 1000-1200 | Crusades to regain the Holy Land | |
| 67025382 | 1066 | Battle of Hastings--William conquers the Anglo-Saxons of England | |
| 67025383 | 1130 | Abbot Suger completes the first Gothic cathedral--ST Denis | |
| 67025384 | 1348-49 | Black Death--Bubonic Plague wipes out 1/3 of Europe | |
| 67025385 | 1453 | Fall of Eastern Roman Empire to the Turks--End of Byzantine art period | |
| 67025386 | 1492 | Columbus discovers new World--Age of Exploration--Modern Humanism begins | |
| 67025387 | 1517 | Protestantism in full swing--Martin Luther's 95 Thesis tacked to the church door | |
| 67025388 | 1527 | Rome sacked by Charles V of Spain--Renaissance moved to Venice | |
| 67025389 | 1543-64 | Council of Trent--Counter-Reformation--Mandates about acceptable art | |
| 67025390 | 1588 | England defeats the Spanish Armada under the rule of Elizabeth I | |
| 67025391 | 1776 | American Revolution--Beginning of national pride--Part of Romanticism | |
| 67025392 | 1789 | Battle of Bastille--beginning of French Revolution--Part of Romanticism | |
| 67025393 | 1815 | Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo | |
| 67025394 | 1890's | Freud develops psychoanalysis--Surrealism and fantasy strongly influence art | |
| 67025395 | 1907 | Modern art begins when Picasso paints Les Deomiselles d-Avignon--Cubism | |
| 67025396 | 1914 | WWI declared | |
| 67025397 | 1930 | Depression--American Ashcan art--Social Realism art | |
| 67025398 | 1949 | People's Republic of China founded--Breaks with traditional Chinese art |
