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# 🏛️ World History — Key Events Cheatsheet

# 🏛️ World History — Key Events Cheatsheet

## Ancient Civilizations

### Mesopotamia (~3500–500 BCE)
- **Sumerians** invented writing (cuneiform) around 3200 BCE.
- The **Code of Hammurabi** (1754 BCE) is one of the earliest legal codes.

### Ancient Egypt (~3100–30 BCE)
- Unified under **Pharaoh Narmer** around 3100 BCE.
- **Great Pyramid of Giza** built circa 2560 BCE.

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## Major Turning Points

| Event                            | Year      | Significance                          |
|----------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| Fall of Western Roman Empire     | 476 CE    | End of classical antiquity            |
| Black Death peaks in Europe      | 1347–1351 | Killed ~30–60% of Europe's population |
| Gutenberg's printing press       | c. 1440   | Revolutionized information sharing    |
| French Revolution                | 1789      | Shifted power from monarchy to people |
| WWII ends                        | 1945      | Reshaped global political order       |
| Moon landing                     | 1969      | Peak of Cold War space race           |

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## Quotes

> "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." — George Santayana

> "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." — MLK Jr.

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## Recommended Documentaries

1. *Civilisation* (1969) — Kenneth Clark
2. *The World at War* (1973) — Thames Television
3. *The Vietnam War* (2017) — Ken Burns