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Prehistory is the period of time from when humans existed to when history was recorded. The main source of research for prehistory is archaeology. There were three sub periods of time in Prehistory. The Stone Age, the Bronze age, and The Iron Age.
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Standing 455 ft tall (Contemporary) the pyramid, built in 2560 B.C. was the tallest structure built for 3800 years. The Pyramid has a 51 degree slope and is 2.58 million cubic meters in volume. The pyramid was believed to be built as a toumb for the fourth dynasty pharaoh Khufu.
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The epic of Gilgamesh, written in 2000 B.C., is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. There are only a few surviving copies of it. There are six versions of the epic.
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The Minoan Civilization, a Bronze age civilization, was destroyed by a volcanic explosion three and a half thousand years ago. This happened 100,000 miles from the island of Crete
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The Trojan War was against the city of Troy by the Greeks. The Trojan War is one of the most important wars in Greek Mythology. The Trojan War has been narrated through many works of Greek Literature.
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The Roman Republic Started with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom. The Roman Republic Ended in 27 B.C. with the establishment of the roman empire.
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Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, born in 551 B.C. Confucius studied the spring and autumn period of Chinese history. He emphasized personal and governmental morality.
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Peloponnesian War was fought by Athens and its empire, also an Ancient Greek war. The Peloponnesian War was fought by "Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta"
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Philip II (Philip the second) of Macedonia, was assassinated during 336 B.C. in Vergina. Philip was killed by one of his body guards, Pausanias of Orestis.
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The great wall of china, is fortifications made of stone, built along an east to west line across the northern boarders of china. The wall, built by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, is getting smaller and smaller every year.
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Gaius Julius Caesar known as Julius Caesar, was a roman politician. He led a critical role in the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar, born in 100 B.C., was assassinated by a group of people (Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus and over thirty other Senators of the Roman Republic)
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Christianity, a "Abrahamic monotheistic" religion is the worlds largest religion, became the Official religion of Rome in 379 A.D.
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Hannibal Barca was a military commander from carthage. Invading Italy in 397 A.D., Hannibal was the leader of the invasion.
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The Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Christian church. Now a museum in Istanbul Turkey the Hagia Sophia started with construction in 537 and finished in 1453. the Hagia Sophia served as a church between 1204-1261.
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The Plague of Justinian was a pandemic that hit the Eastern Roman Empire. It also effected ports and cities around the entire Mediterranean Sea. The Plague of Justinian was considered "One of the greatest plagues in history"
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The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers, fought by Charles Martel and the massive invading Islamic Forces. The battle was fought near the city of Tours, France.
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Charlemagne or "Charles the great" born on April 2, 747, was "The King of the Franks". He became the King of Italy in 774. He united a large part of Europe during the middle ages.
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The First Crusade was the first attempt to capture the holy lands, called "Pope Urban II". It started as a pilgrimage in western Christendom. It ended as a military expedition by the Roman Catholic to regain holy lands.
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Mansa Musa, a medieval African ruler, was a fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire. In 1324, he made a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Mansa Musa was most known outside of Africa
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The Black Death, killed 50 million in the 14 century and almost 60 per cent of Europe's population.
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Constantinople was captured by an invading army of the ottoman empire. The ottomans (Turks) were commanded by "Mehmed the Conqueror". The capture Constantinople was marked as the "end of the roman empire"
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Christopher Columbus, born before october 31, 1451, discovered the new world on October 12, 1492. After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, sights of the Bahamas came into view.
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The Mona Lisa, a half length portrait of a woman created by Leonardo da Vinci, was a masterpiece like no other. Known as "The "Best Known" painting in the world. The Mona Lisa is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini.
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Martin Luther King, a civil rights activist in the 1500's, wrote the 95th thesis attacking the Catholic Church. Martin Luther King was attacking the church for its corrupt practice of selling "indulgences".
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Ivan the Terrible (or Ivan IV), was crowned first czar of Russa. Ivan the Terrible, crowned in 1547, ruled with "deep-seated paranoia and ruthlessness" .
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The Globe theater was a theater in London built in 1599. The theater was destroyed by a fire on the 29th of June 1613. A modern reconstruction of the globe opened in 1997.
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The Olmec Colossal Heads are at least 17 human heads dating from before 900 B.C. The bolders that the heads were made of were brought from the Sierra de los Tuxtlas mountains in Veracruz.
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Don Quixote, written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Is a Spanish novel. Don Quixote's considered one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish golden ages.
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Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer. Born on Feb. 15 1564, he was called the "father of observational astronomy". Galileo's thought that the sunspots on the sun proved the earths revolving around the sun and not the sun revolving around the earth. This theory got him in trouble with the church and eventually the law
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