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9/11 terror attack 71 Chernobyl disaster 83 food 8, 9, 10, 28, 51, M, N silk 84, 85, 90
China 20–21, 24, 26, 85, 89, 103, 105 Magellan, Ferdinand silver 26, 45, 89, 104
A 84–85, 90, 98, France 54–55, 62, 65 89 slavery 23, 26, 30, 49,
Africa 11, 24, 30, 34, 106–107, 110 Mandela, Nelson 60, 89
71, 90, 109 Christians 19, 27, 41, G, H 34–35 South Africa 34–35
airplanes 63, 71, 120 44, 46–47, 49, 80 Galilei, Galileo 114 Mao Zedong 98 South America 26,
Alexander the Great civil rights 32–33 Gandhi 32, 61, 96 Maya 48, 78, 79 48–49, 56–57
76–77, 117 civilizations 9, 13, 16, Genghis Khan 45 Mesopotamia 12, South Pole 91
alphabets 83, 102, 111 48–49, 78–79, 105 Germany 47, 62, 63, 16–17 space 114, 117, 123
Americas 8, 9, 26, 30, clones 117 64, 68–69, 80, 81, Mexico 48, 78–79 Spain 49, 56, 57, 80,
78, 88–89, 105 Cold War 69, 123 95 Middle East 16, 17, 44, 82, 88
animals 8, 9, 11, 13, communications 45, gold 48, 49, 89, 90, 70, 71, 99, 104 Spanish Armada 82
15, 24, 28, 31, 74, 102, 107, 110, 111, 104 Mongols 45 suffragettes 31
90, 91, 103, 116–117, 122, 123 Good Friday Muslims 19, 44, 86, 88,
119 communism 66, 67, 68, Agreement 70 96, 97, 99 T
apartheid 34–35 69, 94, 95, 98 governments 16, 20, Native Americans 59, Taj Mahal 109
Arab Spring 71 Confucius 20–21 23, 43, 53, 74 89, 91 Tasman, Abel 92–93
art 8, 11, 22, 23, 48, conquistadores 26, gravity 115 New Zealand 92 Teotihuacan 78–79
79, 81, 112–113 48, 49 Greece 22–23, 76–77, Newton, Isaac 115 Thanksgiving 27
Asia 8, 9, 11, 24, 25, Constantinople 24, 50, 106, 116, 117 Titanic 83
45, 77, 84–85, 86, 85, 86, 88 health 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, P, R tools 10, 103, 104,
88, 90, 92, 105 Cook, James 91, 93 25, 29, 119 Pakistan 97 105
assassinations 60–61, Crusades 44 Hindus 18, 96, 97 Palestine 70, 99 trade 9, 14, 15, 24, 26,
63, 76 currency 22, 26, 57 Hiroshima 64–65 Parks, Rosa 32, 33 27, 45, 57, 62, 77,
Australia 91, 92, 93 Hitler, Adolf 64, 95 Persians 17, 77, 84 84–85, 86, 92, 102,
Aztecs 48, 79 D, E Hittites 38–39 philosophers 20–21, 105
da Vinci, Leonardo 54, 77, 92 Turkey 50, 51, 62, 76,
B 112–113 I, J Pompeii 82 84
Babylon 16, 17, 77, Darwin, Charles Incas 49, 109 presidents, US 21,
106 118–119 India 32, 77, 83, 88, 30, 33, 53, 60, 61, 91, U, V
Bangladesh 83, 97 education 33, 81, 110, 90, 96–97, 109 123 USA 27, 30, 31, 32–33,
banking crisis 71 111 independence 32, printing 110 52–53, 58, 59, 60, 61,
battles 12, 38–39, Egypt 9, 14–15, 38–39, 52–53, 56–57, 61, 83, pyramids 15, 78, 63, 64, 66, 67, 71, 91,
42–43, 55, 59, 77, 82 71, 76, 108 93, 96–97 79, 108 120, 121, 123
Berlin Wall 68–69 empires 16, 40, 45, inventions 28, 29, 103, Reformation 47 USSR 64, 65, 66, 67,
Black Death 24–25 50, 74, 75, 76–77, 110, 114, 120, 122 Renaissance 112–113 68, 69, 94, 123
Bonaparte, Napoleon 96, 107 iron 38, 103, 105 revolutions 54–57, 94 Vikings 42, 88
55, 56 equality 30, 31–35, Israel 99 Romans 9, 15, 24, voting 23, 31, 33
Britain 31, 35, 52, 53, 53, 55 Japan 64–65, 98 40–41, 60, 74–75, 80,
62, 91, 93, 96, 97, 99 Europe 24, 25, 34, 47, Jerusalem 44, 99 81, 82, 86, 103, 116 W
bronze 104–105 55, 57, 62–63, 65, 66, Jewish people 19, 64, Russia 62, 63, 69, 83, war 12, 22, 26, 41,
Buddhists 18, 108 68, 75, 77, 83, 85, 89, 95, 99 87, 94, 117 52–53, 47, 60, 62–65,
buildings 12, 15, 16, 92, 105, 110 67, 68, 69, 94, 95, 97,
23, 43, 78, 79, explorers 48, 85, K, L S 99, 116
106–109, 112, 121 88–93, 118, 123 King, Jr., Martin Luther science 110, 114, 115, water supply 13
Byzantium empire 75, 32–33, 61 117, 118–119 weapons 38, 49, 50,
85, 86 F Korea 66, 111 sewage systems 13 54, 64–67, 104
farming 8–9, 14, 28, 30, laws 16–17, 23, 28, 33, ships 24, 27, 82, 83, writing 13, 16, 20, 38,
C 102, 103, 105, 109 41, 55 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 39, 48, 102, 111
Caesar, Julius 15, fascism 95 Lenin, Vladimir 94 93, 118 writings 17, 20, 38, 39,
40–41, 60, 74 fire 10, 25, 41, 58, 77, Lewis and Clark 91 sieges 24, 44, 50–51, 43, 47, 48, 81, 110,
Charlemagne 80–81 121 Luther, Martin 46–47 86 118, 119

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