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* Edict of Milan: officially tolerates Christians across Roman Empire
* Edict of Milan: officially tolerates Christians across Roman Empire


325
325  
Constantine the Great unifies Roman empire


* Constantine the Great unifies Roman empire


476
476
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* Battle of Tours
* Battle of Tours


1206 


1206
* Genghis Kahn arises
Genghis Kahn  


1215  
1215  
* Magna Carta
* Magna Carta


1453
1453
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1455
1455
* Gutenburg invents moveable type press
* Gutenberg invents moveable type press
 
1487
 
* Aztec completion of the Sixth Temple at the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan
** the population of Tenochtitlan was between 200,000-400,000 (see [[Tenochtitlan]])


1488  
1488  
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* Columbus discover of America
* Columbus discover of America
* other
* other
** Machiaveli
** Machiavelli


1517
1517
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1648  
1648  
* Treat of Westphaia ends 30 Years War
* Treat of Westphalia ends 30 Years War
* ruinous religious war ends w/ German states able to choose religion (protestant v. Catholic
* ruinous political and religious war ends w/ independent German states able to choose religion (protestant v. Catholic)


1688
1688
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1776
1776
* Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776


1789
1789
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1848
1848
* popular & radical revolts in Europe fail  
* popular & radical revolts in Europe fail  


1870  
1870  
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1914-18
1914-18
WWI
WWI
1917
* Russian communist revolution


1929
1929
* Stock Market crash  
* Stock Market crash  
1930s
* Great Depression
* rise of Hitler and the German National Socialist Party (Nazi)


1939-45
1939-45
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