Romans developed aqueducts

0144 BC-12-01 00:00:00 By 144 BC the Roman had developed an extensive aqueduct system to bring water to Rome. The Romans had developed hydraulic cement which did not dissolve in water, and this allowed them[…]

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Boxer Rebellion – China

6/20/00 0:00 In 1900, the Boxer movement spread to the Beijing area, where the Boxers killed Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries and destroyed churches and railroad stations and other property. On June 20, 1900, the[…]

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The Berlin wall falls

11/9/89 0:00 The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic[…]

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