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c. 3800 BCE

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c. 3000 BCE

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c. 1500 BCE

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c. 1000 BCE

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c. 580 BCE

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550 BCE

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c. 545 BCE

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539 BCE

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530 BCE

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522 BCE

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518 BCE

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c. 500 BCE

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493 BCE
490 BCE

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414 BCE
331 BCE

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from 323 BCE
c. 126 BCE

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106 BCE

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c. 120

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c. 208

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c. 230

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c. 250

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c. 450

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637

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644

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751

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c. 800

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c. 866

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c. 900

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999

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c. 1010

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c. 1020

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1040

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c. 1080

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c. 1100

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c. 1220

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1237

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1256

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1257

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c. 1265

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c. 1275

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c. 1300

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c. 1370

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1383

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c. 1400

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1405

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1410

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c. 1450

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c. 1500

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1501

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1504

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1587

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1598

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1736

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1747

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1818

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1839
1842
1878
1881
c. 1901

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1908

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1919

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1921

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1925

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1941

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1949

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1951

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1953

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1962

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1963

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1964

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1965

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1973

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1978

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1979

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1980

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1981
1982

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1985

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1988

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1989

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1992

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c. 1994

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1996

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1997

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1998

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2001

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2002

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Go to Karzai, Hamid (b. 24 Dec 1957) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2009

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Go to Ahmadi Nejad, Mahmoud (b. 1956) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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2010

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