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| | | Titus recovers Jerusalem for Rome, after four years of Jewish rule | |
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| 70 |
| | | The complete destruction of the Jewish Temple follows the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans | |
|  | The Western Wall supporting the Temple built by Herod
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| 70 |
| | | The first yeshiva, established by Johanan ben Zakkai at Yavne, begins a strong tradition of Jewish scholarship in the Diaspora | |
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| | | The last of the Jewish insurgents are besieged in the stronghold of Masada, eventually killing each other to end their ordeal | |
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| c. 75 |
| | | The Acts of the Apostles are written, probably by Luke – the evangelist and companion of Paul on his final journey to Rome | |
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| c. 80 |
| | | The earliest of the Christian gospels, that of St Mark, is written down - possibly in Asia Minor or Syria | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | A naturalistic style of Buddhist sculpture develops in the Gandhara region, part of modern Pakistan | |
|  | Gandhara sculpture
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| c. 100 |
| | | Mecca develops into a place of pilgrimage, with a famous collection of idols in the Ka'ba | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt | |
|  | Roman road, Pompeii
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