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35 Cards in this Set
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Black Death
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1346-1350
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death of Lorenzo di Medici
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1492
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Martin Luther's 95 theses
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1517
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Gutenberg invents printing press
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1439
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Galileo forced to recant heliocentric view
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1632
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reign of Elizabeth I
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1558-1603
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dictatorship of Julius Caesar
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49-44 bc
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fall of Roman Empire
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476
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capture of Constantinople by Ottoman Turks (Mehmet II)
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1453
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Genghis Khan
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1206-1227
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death of Tamurlane
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1405
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death of Ivan Grozny (IV) after 50 years of rule
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1584
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death of Peter the Great, after 40 years of rule
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1725
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death of Catherine the Great, after 35 years of rule
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1796
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death of Alexander the Great
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323 BC
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Punic Wars
(1 corvus, 2 elephants crossing the alps, 3 burning of Carthage) |
260 to 150 bc
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Octavian takes over Egypt
(Battle of Actium) |
31 bc
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land reforms of Gracchus brothers
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133 bc
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Caligula dies (4 years rule) after not getting his horse elected as consul
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41
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Nero "fiddles" while Rome burns
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64
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Five Good Emperors
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius Height of Empire wealth and power |
81-180
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Roman Pantheon built
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25
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Diocletian divides empire, persecutes Christians
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285-305
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Constantine reunites empire,
moves capitol to Constantinople, converts to Christianity on his deathbed |
337
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Theodosius lets Germans into the Roman army, dies in...
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395
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Honorius moves imperial court to Ravenna after Goths invade, under Alaric
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402
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Rome sacked by Alaric
destroyed by Vandals Rome's popn 1 million -> 20,000 |
410, 455
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Justinian reconquers Western territory, builds Santa Sophia
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dies 565
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Hijra: Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
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622
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Twelve Tables published
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450 bc
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end of Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta
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about 400 bc
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Sulla dictator
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80 bc
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Coliseum in Rome finished
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79
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Aurelian Wall built around Rome
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275
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murder of Ali, beginnings of Shi'ism
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661
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