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100 BCE
Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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1 CE
Jesus began the Christian Religion
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105
Paper was invented by the Chinese
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570
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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1374
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority - not the pope
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1375
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa.
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1440
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1478
The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine
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1481
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe.
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1497
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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1498
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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1505
Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.”
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1513
Michalangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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1517
Martin Luther nail 95 theses to a church door
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
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1526
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1531
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1533
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1541
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1543
The Jesuits were spread the Catholic faith
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1563
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Drake's exploration to the New World
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Phillip II's Spanish Armada
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years War
