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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 50 AD
-- Romans learn the use of soap from the Gauls. Precise date unknown.
-- Rome itself now has a population of 1 million. Precise date unknown.
-- The Tocharian or Yue-Chi tribes are united under the Kushan leader Kujula Kadphises, thus creating the Kushan Empire in Afghanistan and northern India. Precise date unknown.
-- The Apostles hold the Council of Jerusalem. Precise date unknown.
-- Christianity is introduced throughout Nubia by a high official of Queen Judith. Precise date unknown.
-- The Epistle to the Romans is written. Precise date unknown.
-- Pedanius Dioscorides describes the medical applications of plants in De Materia Medica. Precise date unknown.
-- Hero of Alexandria invents a steam turbine (possible date). Precise date unknown.
-- Diogenes, the Greek explorer, discovers the African Great Lakes. Precise date unknown.
-- The distinction between chronic maladies and acute illnesses is made by Thessalos. Precise date unknown.
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