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13779139298agriculture first developed in Eurasiacirca 8000 BCE0
13779148413Iron Age1300 BCE1
13779153441Han Dynasty holds power in China206 BCE - 220 CE2
13779162331Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity3123
13779173821Western Roman Empire "falls"4764
13779177243founding of Islam6225
13779182433printing invented in Chinacirca 7306
13779190690Battle of Tours7327
13779193993First Crusade10958
13779199407Mongols sack Baghdad ending the Abbasid Caliphate12589
13779203512Zheng He's Seven Voyages1405-143310
13779212665Ottomans capture Constantinople145311
13779222986printing press invented in Europe by Johann Gutenberg1450s12
13779228554Christopher Columbus sails across Atlantic Ocean149213
13779234254discovery of silver at Potosi154514
13779238228Battle of Lepanto157115
13779248197Battle of Sekigahara - marks the beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate160016
13779251026Thirty Years War1618-164817
13779257116start of Qing Dynasty164418
13779260077invention of spinning jenny176719
13779268025Declaration of Independence begins American Revolution177620
13779272672Tanzimat Reforms are implemented in Ottoman Empire1839-187821
13779394684Commodore Perry "opens" Japan185322
13779394686Sepoy Mutiny185723
13779490236Suez Canal opens186924
13779495091Berlin Conference marks the beginning of the "Scramble for Africa"188525
13779495092Battle of Adwa189626
13779497544Russo-Japanese War1904-190527
13779500911World War 11914-191828
13779532179Russian Revolution191729
13779532180World War 21939-194530
13779545058Manhattan Project and bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki194531
13779545059Partitioning of India and Pakistan194732
13779548967Birth of Israel194833
13779553448Chinese Communist Revolution194934
13779559043Sputnik launched by USSR195735
13779559044Iranian Revolution197936
13779566506Tiananmen Square Massacre198937
13779566507USSR disbands199138
137795702229/11 attacks200139

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