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Date

10,000 B.C.

Impacts on Society

The revolution started at the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and spread into Europe by two routes: across Turkey and Greece into central Europe, across Egypt and North Africa, and then to Spain.

Importance/Impact

The Neolithic Revolution introduced agriculture which is important to the whole world to this day. It increased population, and life expectancy, and brought permanent settlements.

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The Battle of Thermopylae ends in defeat for the Greeks

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The Battle of Thermopylae ends in defeat for the Greeks

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Date

480 BC

Impacts on Society

It was a win for the Persians, but the Greeks left a powerful impact on them by killing Xerxes' brother.

Importance/Impact

The Greeks lost the war but they destroyed the Persians' invading forces which would then contribute to the victory of even more important battles. It also boosted the morale of the people in greek city-states.

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Date

142 AD

Impacts on Society

China made the first ever gunpowder which brought about the idea of guns. Guns are an important part of war today.

Importance/Impact

Gunpower is important to the idea of war. Guns are probably the most commonly used weapon to fight with.

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Date

610 AD

Impacts on Society

The founding of Islam had a lasting effect on Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Importance/Impact

The rise of Islam is intrinsically linked with the Prophet Muhammad, believed by Muslims to be the last in a long line of prophets that includes Moses and Jesus.

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Date

722 AD

Impacts on Society

The Spanish Reconquista had a lasting impact on Granada, Cordoba, and Seville.

Importance/Impact

The Reconquista was a centuries-long series of battles by Christian states to expel the Muslims (Moors), who from the 8th century ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Date

1095

Impacts on Society

The First Crusade had a lasting impact on the eastern Mediterranean and Jerusalem.

Importance/Impact

In the First Crusade, the objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.

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Date

around 1440

Impacts on Society

It first impacted Europe where it originated from then it spread worldwide because it was a more efficient way of writing.

Importance/Impact

The importance of the printing press is that it helped people create letters or books much faster. The printing press could make over 3600 pages a day which is way faster than anyone had ever imagined. It then made books more affordable since they were a lot easier to make.

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Date

1478

Impacts on Society

The Spanish Inquisition had a lasting effect on Europe and the Americas.

Importance/Impact

The Spanish Inquisition resulted in consolidating power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom.

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Date

1492

Impacts on Society

It brought native plants leading to the trade between the Americas and Europe and later between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Most of the native Americans were sold off as slaves or died.

Importance/Impact

It brought about new land and resources that weren't found in other places, but it got rid of the native Americans' homes. They would trade them off as slaves or they would die of diseases that they had carried over. They would then trade the resources and slaves through the triangle trade through Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

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Date

around 1760

Impacts on Society

It was the advancement of technologies and machines that impacted Britain and soon spread across the whole world including the United States.

Importance/Impact

It was the spread of new machines and advancements that would help make things easier to produce and cheaper to make. It also brought about new job opportunities for unemployed people. The downside of the Industrial Revolution is that it influenced the idea of child labor.

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Date

1869

Impacts on Society

The invention of plastic had major impacts on nature, provided new resources, and played a major part in WWII.

Importance/Impact

It provided a catalyst for things like ivory which came from elephants. It stopped the need to kill so many animals for resources, and later on would be used as clothing, and tools, and played a part in WWII, being used to make things such as parachutes and ropes.

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Date

1916

Impacts on Society

There were more than 3 million soldiers in the war and more than 1 million of those soldiers were killed or wounded.

Importance/Impact

The casualties were devastating and there was a major loss but in the end, Germany had been weakened and it would contribute to the victories of other wars against Germany.

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Date

1916

Impacts on Society

The Sykes-Picot Treaty had a lasting impact on Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine in various French- and British-administered areas.

Importance/Impact

Under Sykes-Picot, the Syrian coast and much of modern-day Lebanon went to France; Britain would take direct control over central and southern Mesopotamia, around the Baghdad and Basra provinces.

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Date

1919

Impacts on Society

The Treaty of Versailles had a long-lasting impact on Germany, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, France, and Poland.

Importance/Impact

The terms of the treaty required Germany to pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies.

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Date

1933

Impacts on Society

Hitler's being appointed chancellor had a lasting effect on Germany.

Importance/Impact

The importance of Hitler becoming chancellor was that he was then in power of all of Germany and he could do whatever he wanted with it.

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Date

1933

Impacts on Society

The Holocaust had a lasting impact on Germany and the Jews.

Importance/Impact

The Holocaust resulted in the killing of millions and millions of Jews.

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Date

1940s

Impacts on Society

The Green Revolution impacted people a lot back then. It even to this day helps us stay healthy and live a long life.

Importance/Impact

The green revolution brought about the idea of agriculture, which people never even considered. It brought about a way to sustain their way of living and made their homes permanent. It also resulted in people having longer lifespans and contributed to the expansion of territories.

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Date

1944

Impacts on Society

The D-Day Invasion of Normandy had a lasting impact on Normandy.

Importance/Impact

D-Day had opened another major front, where the bulk of America's rapidly expanding army could at last be brought to bear. It led to the liberation of France, denying Germany any further exploitation of that country's economic and manpower resources.

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Date

1945

Impacts on Society

It left many devastated and Nagasaki in ruin. It killed thousands of innocent people who had no connection to WWII.

Importance/Impact

The bombing of Nagasaki impacted the way we think about war. They killed innocent civilians very casually when they were supposed to limit casualties. They don't even realize how much damage they have done.

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Date

1948

Impacts on Society

The Creation of Israel had a lasting effect on Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.

Importance/Impact

The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious, and national identity was formed. Here they achieved independence and created a culture of national and universal significance.

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Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon

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Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon

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Date

1969

Impacts on Society

The United States won the space race against the soviet union which showed that we have more knowledge of space exploration.

Importance/Impact

It showed that the United States was ahead of the game when it came to the knowledge of space.

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Date

1992

Impacts on Society

The Bosnian War had a lasting impact on Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Importance/Impact

A peace agreement divided Bosnia and Herzegovina after the result of approximately 100,000 people being killed during the Bosnian war and genocide.

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Date

1994

Impacts on Society

Apartheid had a lasting effect on Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Importance/Impact

Apartheid, the Afrikaans name given by the white-ruled South Africa's Nationalist Party in 1948 to the country's harsh, institutionalized system of racial segregation, came to an end in the early 1990s in a series of steps that led to the formation of a democratic government in 1994.

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Date

1995

Impacts on Society

It impacted trade throughout the whole world.

Importance/Impact

The World Trade Organization was founded to make trade run smoothly and to make sure that it all was predictable to avoid conflict.

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Date

2004

Impacts on Society

It got the attention of many around the globe and since 2006 has been getting 3 billion monthly visits.

Importance/Impact

Facebook was important because it was an easy form of communication and it helped you connect with other people from other places. It allowed people to just share their thoughts with the world.

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Date

2011

Impacts on Society

People in Syria began to protest because they wanted a democracy and they fought for it.

Importance/Impact

This was important because it showed how they protested for their independence and even fought for it.

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Date

2018

Impacts on Society

It impacted 87 million people who were on Instagram because they were involved in a data scandal.

Importance/Impact

This breach happened when the company harvested people's data through a third-party app called "This Is Your Digital Life". Cambridge Analytica was never able to function ever again due to the exposure of people's data.