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315 events · 2 research items · April 3, 0033 to March 9, 2026 · Page 13 of 14
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Armenian Genocide
Wars & Conflicts April 24, 1915

Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. The arrests marked the b...

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Assyrian Genocide
Wars & Conflicts January 1, 1915

Assyrian Genocide

Assyrian Genocide On January 1, 1915, systematic attacks against Assyrian communities began in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Assyria...

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Herero and Nama Genocide
Wars & Conflicts January 12, 1904

Herero and Nama Genocide

Herero And Nama Genocide On January 12, 1904, members of the Herero community initiated an armed uprising against German colonial authorities in German South West Afr...

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Circassian Genocide
Wars & Conflicts May 21, 1864

Circassian Genocide

Circassian Genocide On May 21, 1864, the Russian Empire declared the end of the Caucasian War following the defeat of Circassian resistance in the northwest Caucasus....

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Great Book Robbery of 1948
Wars & Conflicts June 1, 1048

Great Book Robbery of 1948

Great Book Robbery of 1948 In 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, thousands of books and manuscripts were stolen...

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Bronze Age Communities
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Bronze Age Communities

c. 3000–1100 BCE — Fortified settlements, metallurgy, regional trade and tumulus burial traditions develop across the western Balkans. Social differences become increa...

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Badarian Culture
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Badarian Culture

c. 4400–4000 BCE — Communities in Upper Egypt produce distinctive pottery, stone tools and increasingly elaborate burials. Grave goods suggest growing differences in w...

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