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*
2660
BC
First
pyramid
built
*
c2500
BC
Menhir
statues
of
Sardinia
and
Southern
France
*
2330-2180
BC
6th
Egyptian
dynasty
*
1972
BC
Jubilee
shrine
at
Karnak
*
1972
BC
Hammurabi
accedes
to
the
throne
in
Babylon
*
c1750
BC
Hammurabi's?
Eye
for
an
Eye
?law
code
*
c1595
BC
Hittites
take
Babylon
*
c1400
BC
Destruction
of
Knossos
*
c1290
BC
The
Temple
of
Abu
Simbel
begun
*
c1250
BC
Agamemnon,
King
of
Mycenae,
leads
Greeks
against
Troy
*
c970
BC
Death
of
Solomon,
King
of
Israel
*
776
BC
First
Olympic
Games
*
753
BC
Traditional
date
of
founding
of
Rome
by
Romulus
and
Remus
*
594
BC
Solon
Archon
at
Athens
*
558-529
BC
Cyrus
the
Great
ruler
of
the
Persian
Empire
*
490
BC
Greeks
defeat
Persians
at
Marathon
*
c479
BC
Death
of
Confucius
*
458
BC
Aeschylus'
Oresteia
*
430-404
BC
Peloponnesian
War
between
Athens
and
Sparta
*
c429
BC
Sophocles'
Oedipus
Rex
*
411
BC
Aristophanes'
Lysistrata
*
c405
BC
Euripides'
Bacchae
*
399
BC
Trial
of
Socrates
*
347
BC
Death
of
Plato
*
323
BC
Death
of
Alexander
the
Great
*
322
BC
Death
of
Aristotle
*
264
BC
Beginning
of
Punic
Wars
between
Rome
and
Carthage
*
218
BC
Hannibal
crosses
the
Alps
*
c214
BC
Great
Wall
of
China
finished
*
206
BC-AD
220
Han
dynasty
in
China
*
179
BC
Basilica
Aemilia
built
in
Rome
*
59
BC
Julius
Caesar
appointed
Consul
*
53
BC
Vercingetorix
leads
revolt
against
Romans
in
Gaul
*
44
BC
Caesar
assassinated
*
27
BC-AD
14
Octavian(Augustus)first
Roman
Emperor
*
AD
30
Jesus
of
Nazareth
condemned
to
death
*
64
Rome
burned
in
time
of
Nero
and
Christians
persecuted
*
70
Destruction
of
the
Temple
in
Jerusalem
*
79
Destruction
of
Pompeii
and
Herculaneum
by
eruption
of
Vesuvius
*
80
Colosseum
dedicated
*
98
Tacitus'
Life
of
agricola
*
105
Chinese
invent
paper
*
110-11
Juvenal's
satires
*
111-14
Trajan's
Forum
built
*
116
Trajan
conquers
Assyria
and
Mesopotamia
*
117-38
Reign
of
Hadrian
*
124
Pantheon
built
at
Rome
*
135
Capture
of
Jerusalem
*
161-80
Reign
of
Marcus
Aurelius
*
216
Baths
of
Caracalla
built
in
Rome
*
267
Athens
sacked
by
German
Heruls
*
306-37
Reign
of
Constantine
*
330
Constantine
founds
new
city
of
Constantinople
*
c397
Saint
Augustine's
Confessions
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