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Napoleon appoints a commission to prepare a code of civil law, which becomes known as the Code Napoléon
The Essenes, a Jewish sect, withdraw from secular life to form monastic communities in the desert
The period of stability achieved during the reign of Augustus Caesar has been given the name Pax Romana ('Roman peace')
Daimler cars develop a new brand using the name Mercedes, that of the ten-year-old daughter of the investor and distributor Emil Jellinek
Trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai leads a newly formed party in Zimbabwe, the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change)
A naturalistic style of Buddhist sculpture develops in the Gandhara region, part of modern Pakistan
Cement is in use for construction in Asia Minor, possibly developed first in Pergamum
Sumer develops as the first centre of Mesopotamian civilization
The potato is cultivated in the Peruvian Andes
Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma emerge as India's trio of main gods, with the Vedic religion of the Aryans evolving into Hinduism
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