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1000-600 BCE

1000-600 BCE: c. 1000 BCE - c. 600 BCE  

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2012
Subject:
History, Ancient history (non-classical to 500 CE)
The Jews write down the Torah, the earliest part of the text subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament
10th century

10th century: c. 900 - c. 1000  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
With the end of iconoclasm, the screen between the nave and the altar sanctuary becomes covered in icons in Orthodox churches
11th century

11th century: c. 1000 - 1100  

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2012
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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Iceland's parliament, the althing, passes a resolution that everyone on the island is to be baptized
12th century

12th century: c. 1100 - c. 1200  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
The Assassins, a sect of Nizari Ismailis, begin to acquire strongholds in Persia
13th century

13th century: c. 1200 - c. 1300  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
The new Christian doctrine of Transubstantiation prompts rumours that the Jews desecrate the consecrated Host
14th century

14th century: c. 1300 - c. 1400  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Flying buttresses are a striking new structural feature on the exterior of Gothic cathedrals
15th century

15th century: c. 1400 - c. 1500  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Guilds of singers and song-writers develop in German towns, calling themselves Meistersinger, or master singers
16th century

16th century: c. 1500 - 1600  

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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
The people of Benin begin a lasting tradition of sculpture in brass, melted down from objects brought by traders
17th century

17th century: c. 1600 - 1700  

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History, Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
The Yoruba develop an extensive empire centred on Oyo in southern Nigeria
18th century

18th century: c. 1700 - 1800  

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Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
Holland and England are now producing the magnificent ocean-going merchant vessels known as East Indiamen

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