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47 events · 34 research items · January 1, 0048 to August 22, 2026 · Page 2 of 2
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Anfal Genocide
Wars & Conflicts February 23, 1988

Anfal Genocide

Anfal Genocide On February 23, 1988, the Iraqi government launched the Anfal campaign against Kurdish populations in northern Iraq during the final phase of the Iran–...

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Guatemalan Maya Genocide
Wars & Conflicts March 23, 1982

Guatemalan Maya Genocide

Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His governmen...

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Simele Massacre
Wars & Conflicts August 7, 1933

Simele Massacre

Simele Massacre On August 7, 1933, units of the Iraqi Army entered the town of Simele in northern Iraq during a military campaign targeting Assyrian communities. Tens...

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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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Roman Annexation of Dacia
Wars & Conflicts August 11, 0106

Roman Annexation of Dacia

The Roman Empire completed the conquest and annexation of the kingdom of Dacia after a series of military campaigns led by Emperor Trajan. This marked the end of the D...

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Cairo Is Founded
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Cairo Is Founded

969 CE — Fatimid forces establish al-Qahira, Cairo, as a new royal and military city. The settlement grows beside older Fustat and eventually absorbs it into an enormo...

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Ptolemy Mentions the Albanoi
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Ptolemy Mentions the Albanoi

c. 150 CE — The geographer Claudius Ptolemy records a people called Albanoi and a settlement named Albanopolis in the western Balkans. The similarity to later Albanian...

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Untitled
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Untitled

Untitled168 BCE–395 CE — The lands of modern Albania are gradually integrated into Roman provincial systems. Cities expand, Latin and Greek cultural influences deepen,...

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Epidamnos Founded
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Epidamnos Founded

627 BCE — Greek colonists establish Epidamnos on the Adriatic coast, later known as Dyrrachium and modern Durrës. The settlement becomes a major commercial link betwee...

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Who Actually Built the Pyramids?
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Who Actually Built the Pyramids?

c. 2600–2500 BCE — Archaeology points toward organized Egyptian labor forces rather than armies of foreign slaves. Workers lived in settlements near Giza, received foo...

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Bronze Age Communities
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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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Neolithic Farming Communities
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Neolithic Farming Communities

c. 6500–5500 BCE — Farming, livestock keeping and permanent villages become established in parts of the territory of modern Albania. Communities increasingly depend on...

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Armistice Ends the Fighting
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Armistice Ends the Fighting

11 November 1918 — German representatives sign the armistice at Compiègne. Fighting ends on the Western Front at 11:00 a.m. Germany accepts evacuation requirements and...

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France and Belgium Occupy the Ruhr
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France and Belgium Occupy the Ruhr

11 January 1923 — French and Belgian troops occupy Germany's Ruhr industrial region after Germany falls behind on reparations deliveries. The German government respond...

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Generalplan Ost
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Generalplan Ost

1 January 1942 — By 1942 SS planning for a postwar German empire in Eastern Europe envisions massive population displacement, German settlement and racial reordering. ...

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Germany Annexes Austria
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Germany Annexes Austria

12 March 1938 — German troops enter Austria after intense political pressure on the Austrian government. Hitler announces the incorporation of Austria into the German ...

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Germany Invades Poland
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Invades Poland

1 September 1939 — German forces cross the Polish frontier and begin the war in Europe. Hitler expects Britain and France may still avoid a general conflict, but both ...

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Germany Joins the League of Nations
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Germany Joins the League of Nations

8 September 1926 — Germany enters the League of Nations as a permanent Council member. The move symbolizes the diplomatic normalization associated with Gustav Stresema...

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Heinrich Himmler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. ...

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Heinrich Himmler
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. ...

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