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Rome is under a depression and is going downhill from here.
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Constantine, despite great odds against him, marches to Milivan Bridge to battle Maxentius and his army, and actually wins, taking control of Rome.
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Constantine believes God saved him and his men, so he converted all of Rome. On a side note, the famous gladiator games are ended because of Christian belief.
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Constantine grants all Romans religious freedom, and those that are under his control that are not citizens.
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Alexander the great, aged 32, has conquered much of the known world, and after stopping with India, he partys in Babylon, and dies after a ten day fever, possibly of malaria.
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Constantine moves the Roman capital to Contantinople.
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Constantine moves the capitsl of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople.
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Alexander the Great continues his father's dream and legacy, which is to destroy the Persian Empire. Alexander does this with ease in it's weakened state with Darius.
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Alaric I, the then leader of the Visigoths, sacks Rome, which was no longer the capital, but still important, weaking and exposing the empire.
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A time in Western Europe when science and economics did not advance as much, and the Catholic church was in political power.
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Odacer takes Roman land, and instead of calling himself a Roman emperor, he calls himself King of Italy.
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Darius unites the Persian empire after Cryus is dead. He makes more sophisticated laws and makes currency.
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A riot breaks out in Constantinople destroying the Hagia Sophia, and weaking the city with the amount of destruction.
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Justinian rebuilds the Hagia Sophia which was destroyed in the Nika Riots.
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Cryus conquers the Kingdom of Babylon and starts the Persian empire.
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Nebuchadnezzar returns Babylon to glory. His empire covers land from the Persian Gulf all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. He created two of our seven ancient world wonders, The Walls Of Babylon, and the Hanging Gardens.
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Homer writes his epic poems, which are still read today, and have put their mark on culture.
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Humanity starts to develop more technologies, including farming and animal domestication.
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The civilization started at this time roughly, with the religion of judaism starting earlier.They did noy start theor own civilization until fter leaving Egypt. David is the one who united the tribes.
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The Catholic church, and Pope Gregory, no longer want the King picking new Bishops, as the Kings are not part of the church. Much blood is shed over the dispute(s).
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A war between the Trojans and the Mycenans, is was likely for trade routes, and economic power, but has a lot of myth around it. Myceneans win but are conquered shortly after.
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The Assyrian independent state starts, lasting until the late Iron Age.
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Akhenaten was an egyption Pharoah who tried to make Egypt be montheistic. They were supposed to only believe in Aton under his rule, but the people revolted against him for he tried to radically change his belief.
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The Hittites invent iron working at this time.
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Constanitinople is destroyed and taken by the Ottomans. This is the the end of Roman Civilization.
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FIrst female ruler. She pushed for a lot of big construction projects and trade routes. She helped restore Egypt to its former glory.
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The advanced city of Knossos ceases to exist, with it being a complete mystery even today as to how they vanished.
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The New Kingdom of Egypt was the first empire to have a female ruler which was Hatsheput. This period also had Thutmose III who made the borders the biggest.
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A civilization on the the island of Crete. They were very trade based, and are home to the legend of the minotaur.
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Moses recieves The Ten Commandments, and helps his fellow Jews escape Egypt which is plagued.
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Hammurabi brings Mesopotamia together under his control. He publishes the first set of laws, which are simple yet fair. Created 300 laws into civil and criminal sects.
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Christ is born in Bethleham, and this is just the beginning of the sect of Judaism that is now Christianity.
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Jesus Christ, the messiah of Christianity dies, and according to the Bible, he was resurrected later.
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This was a peaceful time in Rome, with economy booming, and not much war happening.
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The Roman Empire is born, but the only information we have is a story of two boys, Romulus and Remus, being raised by wolves.
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A meeting of high ranking German official, over what to to do about the Jewish population in Germany. The FInal Solution is made, which was sadly to kill all of the Jewish people
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This Jewish tribe is taken over by the Romans, the first group to say they won't believe in their gods. Rome is okay with this.
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Jewish people rebel against Rome, and actually hold them off for awhile.
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This era was filled with rebillion and corruption. It sis not last long and was conquered by Hyksos.
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Abraham makes a covenant with God. As long as the Jewish people, his descendants, followed God's rules, they will be protected.
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Solomon establishes Jerusalem and builds a temple there.
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The Jewish people were being taxed much too heavily by Solomon and took him out of power.
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DIocletian creates the Tetrachy, which is a four ruler system. After this there is the Eastern and Western Empires.
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Andrianople is beseiged by the Goths.
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A somewhat long period of peace in Rome and with little problems until the 3rd century crisis.
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Otto I of Saxony decides to be allied with the Catholic church and make a new empire, with him being crowned emperor by Pope John XII
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Phillip the II, the King of Macedonia, takes over Athens and Thebes, which jump started his son's later military campaign.
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THe Roman Republic at this time tries to be fair, with more power to the imporvished people, but they let a dictator take over that actually made the Empire better.
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Sargon, the ruler of Akkad, conquered Sumeria, and builds the world's first empire. After he dies, the empire falls.
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They were ruled by Pharoahs believed to be godly. They had pryamids and a complex social system.
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The Indus people are a new civilization, and are very advanced. They had plumbing and other advancements other civilizations didn't have, They disappear for what seem no reason later on, with natural disaters and invaders seeming to be the reason.
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Summeria is started, one of the first known civilizations. They are based in SE Mesopotamia, which is now modern day Iraq. They created the first form of writing (cuneiform), astronomy, the concept of the hour, and possibly the wheel. They have the first complex religion as well, practicing in temples called Ziggerauts.
