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280 approx.

280 approx.

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(280+/-50 dated by Carbon 14): In Egypt, a copy of the Gospel of Judas was written in Coptic (the language directly derived from that spoken by the Pharaohs) and was later found at the end of the 20th century.

3rd century

3rd century

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During the crisis of the third century, in the Roman Empire some goods became thousands of times more expensive in the space of a few decades.

May 70

May 70

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Jerusalem. The Romans, led by Titus himself and a thousand legionaries, enter through a small breach in the city walls. Eager to negotiate with the rebels, he pushes too far in and fails to order the breach to be widened. The Roman contingent is ambushed

1st century AD

1st century AD

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The Zealots, the Jewish militants who fought Roman rule in Judea, the most extremist were the Sicarii (from the name of the dagger they used, the Sica), started the revolt through several attacks on Roman and Jewish officials.

52 – 60

52 – 60

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Jerusalem. The Sicarii sect is born: bandits who commit assassinations in broad daylight amidst crowds, using small daggers (sicae) to kill Roman collaborators. Among the victims will be the moderate high priest Jonathan. This is true terrorism, which achieves its objective, first causing panic and

63 BC

63 BC

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Jerusalem, Israel. The opposing factions within the city fought fiercely. Eventually, Hyrcanus’s followers, supported by the vast majority of the exhausted populace, opened the gates to the Romans. Aristobulus’s supporters, including the most extremist segment of the clergy, entrenched themselves in the Temple: a veritable

410 BC

410 BC

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Southern Egypt. In a Persian military colony, some Egyptian priests of the god Khnum bribe Vidranga, the local Persian governor, to order the destruction of the Jewish temple, which is then looted and burned. The reason may have been the lambs sacrificed for Passover, which

2000 BC approx.

2000 BC approx.

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Pear cultivation (Pyrus Communis L.) dates back to ancient times, with artifacts from Asia and Europe dating back over 4,000 years. The poet Homer recalls the plantations of Alcinous and Laertes, while Greek mythology attributes the pear to a healthy and flavorful fruit, favored by

Before 2100 BC

Before 2100 BC

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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras. Gomer became the father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan fathered Elisa, Tarshish, those of Cyprus, those of Rhodes.

4000 BC

4000 BC

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Indo-European languages spread from Asia to Europe through Ukraine, using a crucial vehicle: the horse. This vehicle would make and continue to make a difference for the next six thousand years, both in agricultural sustenance and in military matters, where it became the Jeep and

4000 BC

4000 BC

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Vast areas of the Middle East become extremely arid and dry, causing the migration of entire populations and the outbreak of wars and disputes

6000 BC – 3500 BC

6000 BC – 3500 BC

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Western Europe. Domestication begins, also understood as the selection of the most suitable species and thus the involuntary genetic modification of the species, of various plants such as poppies and oats, but not yet any animals. But the connection with the rest of Eurasia along

8000 BC

8000 BC

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China: Millet cultivation began on a small scale in 8000 BC on the northern plains as a seasonal supplement to foraging and hunting, but it did not become a staple food until 3000 years later. In the eastern forests of North America, seed crops were

8000 BC

8000 BC

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The domestication of some cereals in the Fertile Crescent is probably the first major modification (improvement, from the human point of view) of another living being, for one’s own purposes.

13,000 BC

13,000 BC

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First evidence of dog breeding by Homo sapiens. They were likely the first domesticated species. And this was before the Agricultural Revolution.

14,000 BC

14,000 BC

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Japan. The proven ability of the peoples of the Japanese islands to produce various types of pottery likely indicates the presence of settled societies. This represents a four-millennia advantage over Mesopotamia and China.

14,000 BC

14,000 BC

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Japan. The people of the Japanese islands, who migrated from Korea through the passage opened by the glaciations, were already capable of producing various types of pottery. This was a four-millennia advantage over Mesopotamia and China.

26,000 BC

26,000 BC

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After the extinction of the Neanderthals, the more or less modern sapiens living in Italy were tall, strong, robust, and enjoyed excellent health. One of the Cro-Magnons found in the Balzi Rossi caves in Liguria, the Menton man, dating back to around 25,000 years ago,

45,000 – 35,000 BC

45,000 – 35,000 BC

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Migration of Homo sapiens tribes in present-day Ukraine and southern Russia (Kostenki-on-Don settlement) and in Central Asia up to the shores of Lake Baikal; the tribes originated from the Middle East (present-day Syria, Iraq, Iran)

50,000 BC

50,000 BC

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Italy. In a cave in Circeo, a pack of hyenas is carrying the remains of Neanderthals. In May 2021, the remains of nine Neanderthals, including a teenager and a woman, will be discovered in the cave, which was used as a den by packs of

780,000 BC

780,000 BC

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Probable use of lightning fire and spontaneous fires (First Fire) by Homo Erectus; this generates the social figure of the fire keeper for hours, days, months, even years or centuries (e.g. the cult of Adura Mazda by the Zoroastrians); this, in turn, cements the first

5,960,000 – 5,330,000 BC

5,960,000 – 5,330,000 BC

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The culmination of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, caused by the closure of the Mediterranean and an overwhelming greenhouse effect causing it to slowly evaporate; the high salinity of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea are the result of this phenomenon. During this period,

66,036,000 BC

66,036,000 BC

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KT + 90 seconds. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean, opened by the impact of the Chicxulub meteorite, are now closing in to fill the crater, forming a vertical peak 35 kilometers high. The fall of this incredible column of water will cause the worst

85,000,000 BC

85,000,000 BC

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The continent of Zealandia forms, breaking away first from Australia and then from Antarctica. It is a geological megastructure, now mostly submerged, except for New Zealand. Zealandia is about twice the size of present-day Australia and was mostly submerged 23 million years ago.

99,000,000 BC

99,000,000 BC

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Dinosaurs also evolved to become small and even tiny. This is evidenced by the Oculidentavis khaungraae discovered in March 2020 in northern Myanmar (formerly Burma). Lida Xing (of the China University of Geosciences, Beijing) documents the discovery of the skull of a tiny bird-like dinosaur