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The Spanish flu pandemic begins as an unusually deadly influenza virus, infecting around 500 million people over the course of the next 2 years.

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Beginning of Time

1438

The Inca Empire is formed in ancient Peru with Cusco as its capital, growing to become the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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