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- Ancient Egypt:
- Mummification
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids
- Construction of and also the treasures buried within
- Sarcophagi
- Religion
- The book of the Dead
- Ancient Rome:
- Gladiatorial games
- Bread and circuses
- Roman bath houses
- Cleanliness
- Ancient Greece:
- The theater
- Philosophy/Philosophers
- Religion & Mythology
- The gods and goddesses
- The European Middle Ages:
- Castles, turrets, ramparts & drawbridges
- Knights
- The Bubonic plague
- Imperial Russia:
- The Romanovs
- The American West ("Wild West"):
- The Oregon trail
- Outlaws
- Stagecoaches
- Saloons
- Railroad construction
- Immigration to America:
- Ellis Island
- The creation of regional/ethnic neighborhoods in NYC
- The Titanic
- The grandeur of:
- The Grand Staircase
- Ornate Decor
- Luxurious amenities of the time
- The sinking of
- The grandeur of:
- The Roaring Twenties:
- Flappers
- idea for outfits/designer
- The literature
- The women's suffrage movement
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Flappers
- The Holocaust in general
- The 1950's in the USA:
- The Civil Rights Movement
- The fashion:
- bullet bras
- red lipstick
- saddle shoes
- poodle skirts
- cardigans
- high-waisted pants
- pin-ups
- The film
- Alcatraz
- 19th Century Industrial London/England
- The birth & life of Christ
- Bombing of Pearl Harbor
- Bombing of Hiroshima
- 9/11
- Moon landing
- Restoration of the Gospel
- Columbus discovers the new world
- Vikings
- Joan of Arc
- Louis Armstrong & jazz
- Discovery of Rosetta Stone
- Pre-Civil War American History (Thank you, this site, for the next three.)
- Aztecs build Tenochtitlan
- Witchcraft trials begin in Salem
- Declaration of Independence
- American History: Civil War to World War II
- 1861: Confederacy formed
- 1865: Thirteenth Amendment ends slavery
- 1898: U.S.S. Maine sinks, igniting the Spanish-American War
- 1917: U.S. declares war on Germany
- 1919: Treaty of Versailles
- 1920: Women can vote
- 1927: Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic
- 1929: Stock Market Crash
- 1930: Hawley-Smoot Tariff (You will probably only appreciate this if you're a Dave Barry fan.)
- 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- Post-War American History
- 1945: Hiroshima
- 1954: Brown v. Board of Education ends segregation in schools
- 1963: President Kennedy assassinated
- 1965: Troops sent to Vietnam
- 1969: American astronauts land on the moon
- 1974: Nixon resigns
- 1981: IBM PC introduced
- 1989: Berlin Wall falls
- 2001: World Trade Center attacks
- 2003: U.S. enters Iraq war
- French History
- 58-51 BC: Caesar's Gallic Wars
- 768-814 Charlemagne is great
- 814-40: Louis the Pious is pious
- 1337-1443: The Hundred Years' War last 106 years
- 1643-1715: Louis XIV kills people he doesn't like
- 1774-present: The people kill Louix they don't like
- 1815: In a notable break with tradition, Napoleon's 100 days actually last 100 days
- 1968, 2006, etc., etc.: Student riots
- 2003: "French Military Victories" becomes an enjoyable prank
- 2007: Sarkozy elected; Americans who think that France is just some crazy-liberal stronghold are confused
- Christian History (Got help from here.)
- c. 4 BC: Jesus is born
- c. 29 AD: Jesus is crucified and rises again
- c. 32 AD: Stephen is stoned
- 64: Nero blames fires in Rome on Christians
- c. 312: Constantine converted to Christianity
- 325: Nicene Creed, whence the doctrine of the Trinity (though I encourage you to look at the original form and its later additions: it's interesting)
- early 400s: Vulgate Bible published in Latin, the lingua franca of the time
- 1517: Martin Luther nails ninety-five theses to the door of the Wittenburg church
- 1527: Henry VIII asks for an annulment of his marriage, which soon leads to the establishment of the Church of England
- 1611: King James Bible published
- 1950: C.S. Lewis publishes The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Latter-Day Saint History
- 1820: Joseph Smith's first vision of God the Father and his Son
- 1830: Church established
- 1837-1841: Apostolic missions to British Isles
- 1844: Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
- 1847: Saints arrive in the Salt Lake Valley
- 1893: Salt Lake Temple dedicated
- 1978: Priesthood extended to all worthy male members
- Music History
- 1500 BC: Trumpet invented
- 900s: Gregorian chant notation
- 1685: Bach born
- c. 1700: Piano invented
- 1824: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony written
- 1831: Chopin wrote his Revolutionary Etude
- 1877: First phonograph
- 1892: The Nutcracker composed
- 2001: First iPod
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