“Bad Decisions”Free to Make Good

Choices (Galatians 5:16-21)

Preached at FCC on Sept. 30, 2012

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Galatians 5:16-21

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

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A word about PK’s philosophy of ministry when it comes to politics

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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

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C. 8,000 BC Jericho, the first walled town, is built

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C. 9,000-8,000 BC Farming begins in the Middle East

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“It is the best of times it is the worst of times”

Apathy vs. Activist

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C. 6,000 BC

Farming spreads to Greece and later across Europe

Rice is cultivated in Thailand

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C. 1,700 BC The Indus Valley Civilization arises

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C. 5,000 BC Farming begins in Egypt

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C. 3,300 BC Writing develops in Sumer and Egypt

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C. 3,500 BC

The sail is invented in Egypt

The Potter’s wheel is invented in Iraq

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C. 4,000 BC

Farming spreads to Northern Europe

The plough is invented in the Middle East

Bronze is used in the Middle East

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C. 2,500 BC

Farming begins in Peru

The Minoan Civilization arises on Crete

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C. 3,000 BC Bronze is used in Thailand

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C. 1,600 BC The Mycenaean Civilization in Greece arises

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C. 1.790 BC - 1,750 BC Hammurabi is king of Babylon

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C. 2,000 BC

Bronze is used in Northern Europe and in China

The Hittite Civilization arises in what is now Turkey

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C. 1,000 BC King David rules Israel

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C. 900 BC

The Phoenicians flourish is what is now Lebanon and go on long voyages

The Chavin civilization arises in Peru

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C. 1,100 BC The Mycenaean Civilization in Greece breaks down

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C. 1,200 BC

The Hittite Empire in Turkey collapses

The Olmec Civilization in Mexico arises

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C. 880 BC The Assyrians of Northern Iraq begin to create a great empire

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C. 800 BC

A new civilization arises in Greece

The Etruscan civilization arises in Italy

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814 BC The Phoenicians found Carthage in Tunisia

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776 BC the first Olympic Games are held in Greece

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C. 750 BC Rome is founded

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620 BC The Assyrian Empire is split by civil war

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C. 650 BC

The Celts introduce iron tools and weapons into Britain

The Chinese begin using iron

The Assyrian Empire is at its peak

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C. 600 BC Hindu Civilization arises in India

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C. 563 BC-483 BC Buddha lives

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550 BC Cyrus conquers Assyria

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551-479 BC Kong-Fuzi or Confucius lives in China

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559-529 BC Cyrus the Great founder of the Persian Empire reigns

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612 BC A rebellion led by Babylon brings the Assyrian Empire to an end. The Babylonians then create their own empire.

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539 BC Babylon is captured by the Persians

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525 BC The Persians conquer Egypt

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480 BC The Greeks defeat another Persian invasion

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490 BC The Greeks defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon

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399 BC The Greek philosopher Socrates is condemned to death

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C. 427-347 BC The Greek philosopher Plato lives

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391 BC The Romans defeat the Etruscans

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546 BC Cyrus conquers Lydia in Asia Minor

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384-322 BC The Greek philosopher Aristotle lives

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The Second Punic War BC. The great Carthaginian general Hannibal leads an expedition through Spain over the Alps against Rome.

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264-241 BC The First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. Rome wins and gains Sicily.

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273-236 BC The great Indian Emperor Asoka lives

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C. 300 BC

The Dong Son civilization arises in South East Asia. It is known for its stone monuments and bronze work although the people also used iron.

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323 BC Alexander dies and his general split his empire between them

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330 BC Alexander controls all of the Persian Empire

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332 BC Alexander conquers Egypt

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333 BC Alexander wins the Battle of Issus

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334 BC Alexander the Great invades the Persian Empire

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338 BC Philip of Macedon conquers Greece

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217 BC Hannibal crushes the Romans at Lake Trasimene

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216 BC Hannibal crushes the Romans at Cannae

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214 BC Work begins on the Great Wall of China

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206 BC The Romans defeat the Carthaginians in Spain. They take control of southern Spain.

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202 BC The Han dynasty is founded in China

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149-146 BC The Third Punic War. Rome destroys Carthage.

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135 BC Roman slaves in Sicily rebel but are defeated

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63 BC Roman general Pompey captures Jerusalem

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58-51 BC Julius Caesar conquers Gaul

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49 BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon

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89 BC All Italians are given Roman citizenship

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44 BC Julius Caesar is assassinated

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31 BC Octavian's fleet defeats the fleet of his rivals Mark Anthony and Cleopatra

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30 BC Egypt becomes a Roman province

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C. 4 BC Jesus is born

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C. 29 AD Jesus is crucified

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43 AD The Romans invade Britain

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C 45 AD Paul begins his missionary journeys

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64 AD Most of Rome is destroyed by fire. Nero uses Christians as a scapegoat.

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98-117 AD Trajan is Emperor of Rome. The Roman Empire reaches its peak.

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220 AD The Han dynasty in China ends

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313 AD Emperor Constantine tolerates Christianity

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284-305 AD Diocletian is emperor of Rome. In 286 he divides the empire into two halves, East and West.

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407 AD Germanic tribes overrun Gaul

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410 AD Led by Alaric the Goths capture Rome

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434-453 AD Attila is king of the Huns

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451 Attila the Hun is defeated in France

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455 AD The Vandals capture Rome

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476 AD The Western Roman Empire ends completely

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481-511 Clovis is king of the Franks. He marries a Christian and in 1496 becomes a Christian himself.

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527-565 AD Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire)

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C. 570 Mohammed is born

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597 The Pope sends Augustine to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity

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C. 600 The Maya of Mexico are at their peak

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618-907 The Tang Dynasty rules China

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632 Mohammed dies

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642 The Arabs conquer Egypt and Persia

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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698 The Arabs conquer Carthage in Tunisia

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711 The Moors invade Spain

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732 The Franks defeat the Moors at the Battle of Tours

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793 The Vikings raid Lindisfarne monastery. It is the first of many Viking raids.

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800 Charlemagne is crowned Emperor. He rules a great Empire including France, Germany and North Italy.

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985 The Vikings settle Greenland

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1054 The Eastern (Orthodox) Church formally splits from the Western (Catholic) Church

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1055 The Seljuk Turks, a people from Central Asia take Baghdad

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814 Charlemagne dies. After his death his empire splits up.

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843 Scotland is united

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865-870 The Danes conquer Northern and Eastern England

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871 Alfred the Great become king of Wessex (Southern England)

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874 The Vikings settle Iceland

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878 Alfred the Great defeats the Danes

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976 The Great Byzantine emperor Basil II rules. He strengthens the Byzantine Empire.

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1066 The Normans conquer England

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1071 The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert

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1076 The Seljuk Turks take Damascus and Jerusalem

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1096-1099 The First Crusade (capture Jerusalem)

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1147-49 The Second Crusade

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1182-1226 Francis of Assisi lives

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1187 Saladin recaptures Jerusalem

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1189-1192 The Third Crusade

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1171 Oxford University is founded when the English king orders all English students to return from France

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1171 The English King Henry II makes himself Lord of Ireland

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1241 The Mongols invade Poland and Hungary but they retreat after the death of Ogedei, Genghis Khan's son

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1258 The Mongols capture Baghdad

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1279 The Mongols capture Southern China

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1206 Genghis Khan unites the Mongols and begins to build a huge empire

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1211 The Mongols invade Northern China

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1215 King John seals Magna Carta

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1215-1274 Thomas Aquinas the Italian theologian lives

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1221The Mongols attack Delhi

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1227 Genghis Khan dies

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1236 The Mongols invade Russia

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1340 The first recorded use of a gun in battle

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C. 1340-1400 Geoffrey Chaucer lives

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1347-1353 Europe is ravaged by the Black Death

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1281 A Mongol invasion of Japan fails

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1283 The English complete the conquest of Wales

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1290 Jews are expelled from England

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1300 Statues are erected on Easter Island

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1306 Jews are expelled from France

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1314 The Battle of Bannockburn is fought. The Scots crush the English.

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1337 The Hundred Years War begins between England and France

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1368 The Ming dynasty begins in China

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1381 In England the Peasants Revolt takes place

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1439 The Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches are formally separated

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1445 The printing press is invented

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1492Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic

Ferdinand and Isabella conquer Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain

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THE MODERN ERA

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1517 Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation. The Ottoman Turks conquer Egypt.

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1453

The Hundred Years War ends with English defeat. The English lose all of their territory in France except Calais.

The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople and bring the Byzantine Empire to an end

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1485 Henry VII begins the Tudor dynasty in England

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1488 Portuguese sailors reach the Cape of Good Hope

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1541 John Knox begins the Reformation in Scotland

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1521 Cortes conquers the Aztecs in Mexico

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1522 The Ottoman Turks capture Belgrade

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1526 In India Babar founds the Mogul Empire

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1533 Pizarro conquers the Incas

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1534 King Henry VIII makes himself head of the Church of England

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1564 William Shakespeare is born. Galileo is born.

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1556-1605 Akbar the Great rules over the Mogul Empire

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1543 Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth orbits the Sun

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1547-1584 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia

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1610 Galileo writes his book The Sidereal Messenger in which he describes his observations of the heavens with a telescope.

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1611 the King James Bible is published

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1571 The St Bartholomew's Day massacre takes place. Thousands of French Protestants are murdered.

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1587 Mary Queen of Scots is executed

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1588 The Spanish Armada is defeated

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1603 Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, ending the Tudor dynasty. The Scottish king inherits the English throne. He is now King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England.

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1565 The Turks fail to capture Malta

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1607 The English found Jamestown, Virginia the first permanent English colony in North America

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1608 John Milton is born. The French found Quebec.

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1614 John Napier invents logarithms

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1644 In China the Ming dynasty is overthrown. The Manchu dynasty takes over

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1649 Charles I is executed

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1652 The Dutch found a colony in South Africa

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1618-1648 The Thirty Years War is fought in Germany

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1620 English Puritans sail to New England in The Mayflower

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1626 The Dutch found New Amsterdam, which later becomes New York

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1628 William Harvey publishes his book about the circulation of the blood

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1636 Harvard College is founded

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1639 Japan isolates itself from the outside world

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1642-1646 In England Civil War between King and Parliament

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1653 Oliver Cromwell makes himself Lord Protector of England. He rules until his death in 1658.

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1664 The English capture New Amsterdam, which is renamed New York

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1666 The Great Fire of London devastates the English capital

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1700-1721 The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia is fought

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C 1690 In India the Mogul Empire is at its height

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1692 In New England the Salem Witch Trials take place

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1683 The Ottoman Turks besiege Vienna but fail to capture the city

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1687

The Austrians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Mohacs. The Turkish Ottoman Empire begins a long, slow decline.

Isaac Newton publishes a book describing his theory of gravity and his laws of motion

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1688 The Glorious Revolution in England. King James II flees abroad and parliament invites a Dutchman, William of Orange to take his place.

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1689 Peter the Great becomes Tsar of Russia

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1707

England and Scotland are united

The Mogul Empire in India begins to break down

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1709 Abraham Darby begins using coke to smelt iron

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1721-1742 Robert Walpole is the first British prime minister

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1733 Georgia, the last of the original 13 colonies is founded

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1739 John Wesley founds the Methodist Movement in England

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1759 The British defeat the French at Quebec ensuring Canada becomes British

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1773 The Boston Tea Party

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1762-1796 Catherine the Great rules Russia

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1740-1786 Frederick the Great rules Prussia

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1752 Benjamin Franklin shows that lightning is a form of electricity

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1756-1763 The Seven Years War is fought

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1769 James Watt patents an efficient steam engine

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1770 The Boston massacre

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1775-1783 The American War of Independence

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1780 The Industrial Revolution begins to transform life in Britain

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1789

The French Revolution begins

George Washington becomes the first president of the USA

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1793

King Louis XVI is executed.

War begins between Britain and France

Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

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1799 Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power in Franc

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1812-1870 Charles Dickens lives

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1813 Napoleon is defeated at Leipzig

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1814 Napoleon abdicates

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1807 Britain abolishes the slave trade

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1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia ends in disaster

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1815 Napoleon escapes from exile and becomes emperor of France again but he is defeated at Waterloo

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C. 1830 The Industrial Revolution spreads to France, Germany and the USA

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1845-1851 Potato famine in Ireland

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1846-1848 War between Mexico and the USA. Mexico is forced to surrender much of her territory.

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1848 Revolutions break out across Europe

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1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

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1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

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1859 Charles Darwin publishes his book On the Origin of Species, which describes his theory of evolution

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1861-1865 The American Civil War is fought

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1879 Edison invents an electric light bulb

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1885 The car is invented

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1903 The first airplane flies

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1904-1905 War between Russia and Japan

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1905 Revolution in Russia

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1906 An earthquake strikes San Francisco

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1914

The First World War begins

The Panama Canal opens

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1916 Tanks are used for the first time

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1917

The USA joins the war

Communists seize power in Russia

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1911 Revolution takes place in China Explorers reach the South Pole

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1912 The Titanic sinks

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1918 Germany surrenders

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1919 Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which causes much resentment in that country

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1919 Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which causes much resentment in that country

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1919 Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which causes much resentment in that country

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1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Stalin gains complete power in Russia. He introduces the first Five Year Plan

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1936 The German army occupies the Rhineland (breaking the Treaty of Versailles)

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1936-1939 The Spanish Civil War is fought. Franco becomes dictator of Spain.

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1938 The Germans take Austria

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1929 The Wall Street Crash in the USA begins a world-wide depression

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1933

Adolf Hitler becomes ruler of Germany

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president of the USA

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1939

Germany invades Poland so Britain and France declare war on Germany

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1940

Germany conquers Norway, Holland, Belgium and France

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain

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1941

Germany conquers Yugoslavia and Greece and invades Russia

Japan attacks the USA at Pearl Harbor

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1942 The USA defeats Japan at Midway Island

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1943

The Russians defeat the Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk

German forces in North Africa surrender and allied forces invade Italy

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1947-1948 Communists gain power in Eastern Europe

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1948

Israel is created

The transistor is invented

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1949 Communists gain power in China

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1944 Allied forces invade France

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1945 Germany and Japan surrender

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1950 China invades Tibet

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1950-53 The Korean War is fought

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1953 Stalin dies

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1960 Echo, the first communications satellite is launched

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1961-1973 The USA becomes involved in the Vietnam War

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1963 President John Kennedy is assassinated

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1964 In the USA The Civil Rights Act is passed in the USA

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1967 War between the Arab states and Israel

The first heart transplant is performed

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1961 Communists build the Berlin Wall

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1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis takes place

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1969

Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France

Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to set foot on the Moon

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1974 President Richard Nixon resigns after the Watergate Scandal

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1975 Communists capture South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

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1979 The Shah of Iran is overthrown

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1981 The space shuttle is launched

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1989

The Chinese army massacres student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square

Communism collapses in East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania

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1990 Germany is reunited

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Point of Contact

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1991

Communism collapses in the Soviet Union. It then breaks up into separate states

The Gulf War is fought in Iraq

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1992 Rioting takes place in Los Angeles when white policemen are acquitted of assaulting a black driver, Rodney King

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1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa

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2001 A terrorist attack on New York takes place

Comment

What transcends all the coming and goings of mankind? The Kingdom of God!

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2012 I-Phone 5 released