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Overview: History - Epochs - Turnings - Centuries BC - Centuries AD Millenniums: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century Decades: 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s Years: 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29

Contents 1 Events 1.1 North Europe 1.2 East Asia 1.3 West Asia

[edit] Events

[edit] North Europe

• Cymbeline, king of the Catuvellauni, is recognized by the Romans as "Rex Brittonum."

[edit] East Asia

• 22 - Laster Han Dynasty arises in China.

[edit] West Asia

• 26 - Tiberius retires to Capri, leaves Sejanus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard, in charge of Rome, dies in 37.
• 27-33 - Life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• At the time of Christ, Jews number 8 million or some 5% of the world's population (Yes, God of the Gentiles Too, Rodney Stark). 2 million lived in Palestine, the rest abroad. 1 in 10 people in the Roman Empire were Jewish; 1 in 20 Hellenists was a Jew; 20% of the population living east of Rome in the Mediterranean basin.