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490 items  ·  40,000 BC to 2,024  ·  5 of 474 shown, by interest

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America 1
1451 – 1506
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Columbus, Discovers America - 1492
Columbus, Discovers America - 1492
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa,…
Europe + Africa + Middle East 3
40000 BC
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The Lion Man Of Hohlenstein Stadel - 1939
The Lion Man Of Hohlenstein Stadel - 1939
The Löwenmensch figurine or Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel is a very early prehistoric…
9000 BC
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Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: Potbelly Hill) is a Neolithic hilltop sanctuary erected at the top of…
460 BC – 370 BC
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Democritus, 1st Atomic Theory
Democritus, 1st Atomic Theory
Democritus ("chosen of the people") was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace,…
Asia + Oceania 1
476 – 550
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Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero
Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero
Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in…
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