Year
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Description
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Answer
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21st century BC
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This patriarch of Judaism, Christianism and Islam is alive
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Abraham
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2104 BC
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If we count the years in the Bible, this must be the year in which this man survived a world-engulfing flood on an Ark
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Noah
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2215 BC
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This comet visits the inner solar system. He appears again in 1997 AD
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Hale-Bopp
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2333 BC
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According to legend, Gojoseon becomes the first kingdom on this peninsula
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Korea
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2494 BC
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This statue consisting of a lion body and a human head is completed in Giza
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Great Sphinx
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c. 2500 BC
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This Mesopotamian kingdom is established
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Assyria
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2566 BC
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This man who built the highest pyramid in the world dies
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Cheops
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c. 2600 BC
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This oddly-shaped pyramid is built by pharaoh Sneferu
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Bent Pyramid
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c. 2600 BC
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This civilization begins to dominate the island of Crete
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Minoan Civilization
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27th century BC
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This man is the first architect and doctor in history
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Imhotep
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3051 BC
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A bristlecone pine is planted in this present-day American state, it still survives
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California
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3114 BC
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The calendar of this civilization is introduced, it was supposed to end in 2012 AD but nothing happened
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Maya
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c. 3200 BC
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This important medium of communication is established
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Writing
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33rd century BC
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This region in Northern Africa becomes one of the most unpleasant ones to live in
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Sahara
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c. 3300 BC
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This man dies in the Austrian Alps, his mummy was discovered in 1991 AD
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Ötzi
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c. 3600 BC
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First evidence of this puffed up corn
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Popcorn
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c. 4000 BC
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This equine animal is domesticated
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Horse
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c. 4000 BC
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The brewing of this beverage is developed
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Beer
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4004 BC
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According to James Usher, God creates this on October 22 at 6pm
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the Universe
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c. 4500 BC
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This circular component, widely regarded as the most important invention of all time, is created
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Wheel
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c. 5000 BC
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This island is separated from the Australian mainland
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Tasmania
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c. 5000 BC
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This Asian staple food is cultivated in China
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Rice
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c. 5900 BC
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This strategically important Mediterranean island is settled for the first time
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Malta
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c. 6000 BC
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This island is separated from the European mainland
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Great Britain
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c. 7500 BC
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This animal is domesticated in Egypt and Cyprus
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Cat
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c. 9000 BC
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This Palestinian city becomes the first one to actually be classified as a city (its walls fell when Joshua's army blowed their trumpets)
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Jericho
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c. 8500 BC
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This southernmost part of South America is settled
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Tierra del Fuego
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c. 10,000 BC
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This land bridge connecting Asia with the Americas collapses
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Beringia
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c. 14,000 BC
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These American freshwater lakes begin to form
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Great Lakes
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c. 28,500 BC
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This South East Asian island is settled
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New Guinea
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c. 40,000 BC
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This species of "Homo", named after a German valley, goes extinct
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Neanderthals
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c. 75,000 BC
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This Sumatran volcano erupts. Only 3,000 humans survive worldwide.
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Toba
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c. 640,000 BC
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This American supervolcano erupts
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Yellowstone
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c. 1,500,000 BC
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Mankind is able to produce this heat-making reaction
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Fire
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c. 1,800,000 BC
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This continent is settled for the first time
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Eurasia
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c. 6,000,000 BC
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This is the last common ancestor of the humans (homo)
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Chimpanzee (pan)
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c. 10,000,000 BC
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The Indian subcontinent collides with Asia, creating this mountain range
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Himalayas
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c. 20,000,000 BC
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These tall animals evolve
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Giraffes
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c. 65,000,000 BC
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A great asteroid collides with the earth, marking the end of this era
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Age of the Dinosaurs
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c. 175,000,000 BC
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This supercontinent begins to break apart
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Pangea
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c. 420,000,000 BC
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This biological class (today the largest class on Earth) evolves
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Insects
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c. 530,000,000 BC
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First evidence of these water animals. At this date, every organism on this planet lives in the water.
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Fish
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c. 2,100,000,000 BC
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Earliest evidence of these organisms whose cells have a nucleus
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Eukaryotes
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c. 4,300,000,000 BC
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Earliest evidence for life and minerals in this modern-day country
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Australia
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c. 4,510,000,000 BC
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This natural satellite of the Earth is formed
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the Moon
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c. 4,570,000,000 BC
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This system - of which the Earth is part of - is formed
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Solar System
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c. 13,800,000,000 BC
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Scientifically spoken, this creates the universe
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Big Bang
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