Video - 7,000 Years of History in 1 Minute

Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years? Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC. The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347, wiping out a third of the population. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1506. Columbus discovered America in 1492 when he landed on a Caribbean island. The First World War lasted from 1914 to 1918, with over 16 million deaths. The Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, was the deadliest conflict with 70-85 million casualties. Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, marking the end of the Cold War. The modern Internet was developed in the 1960s.