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74 Roman Republic is founded 102 First writing
75 The sack of Rome 103 The plow
76 Alexander destroys Persepolis 104 Discovery of bronze
78 Teotihuacan comes of age 106 Building the Great Wall
80 Coronation of Charlemagne 108 Building beauties
82 Dreadful disasters The Great Pyramid
Spanish Armada destroyed Angkor Wat
Mount Vesuvius erupts Machu Picchu
The Titanic sinks Taj Mahal
The Bhola Cyclone Great Mosque of Djenné
Chernobyl nuclear explosion 110 Printed words
84 The Silk Road starts 111 Hangul alphabet
86 Fall of Constantinople 112 The Mona Lisa
87 The Time of Troubles 114 Galileo’s telescope
88 Columbus reaches the Americas 115 Newton’s laws of motion
90 Exciting explorations 116 Animal antics
Ibn Battuta Death by tortoise
Admiral Zheng He Guardian geese
Captain James Cook War horse
Lewis and Clark Dog in orbit
Roald Amundsen Double Dolly
92 Tasman’s voyages 118 Darwin's new ideas
94 Lenin returns 120 The first flight
95 Hitler seizes power 121 The first skyscraper
96 Independent India 122 Making connections
98 The Long March 123 Space race
99 The birth of Israel 124 And also...
126 Glossary
127 Index
128 Acknowledgments
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