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1699
 
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The tenth Sikh guru, Gobind Rai, commits his people to the five Ks, which become the outward signs of their group identity       
 
c. 1700
 
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Holland and England are now producing the magnificent ocean-going merchant vessels known as East Indiamen     
 
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