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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance and Reformation
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Sep 10, 1300
The Renaissance begins in Italian city-states
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Sep 10, 1368
Hongwu founds Ming Dynasty in China
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration and Isolation
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Sep 10, 1405
Chinese Explorer Zheng He Begins exploration of Africa and Asia
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Sep 10, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school
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Sep 10, 1434
Medici Family takes control of Florence
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Sep 10, 1453
Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople
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Sep 10, 1455
Gutenberg Bible printed in Mainz
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Sep 10, 1492
Columbus reaches the Americas
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Sep 10, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas
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Sep 10, 1511
First enslave Africans arrive in the Americas
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Sep 10, 1517
Reformation begins in Wittenberg
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Sep 10, 1534
King Henry VIII starts the Church of England
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Dutch open trade with Java
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American Colonies declare indepence form Britian
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Britain seeks to trade with China
