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632 BCE
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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130 BCE
Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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100 BCE
Paper was invented by Chinese
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597
Jesus began the Christian religion
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1237
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful in europe
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1299
The ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe
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1350
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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1374
John Wycliffe argued thr Bible was the highest religious authority-not the Pope
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being heretic
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1430
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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1440
Johannes Gutenberg invited the printing press
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1478
The inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine
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1498
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last supper
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1498
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1503
Leonardo da Vinici painted the Mona Lisa
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1509
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1509
Erasmus spread the idea of "humanism"
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1512
Leonardo da Vinci painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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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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1534
The Jesuits were spread the Catholic faith
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1545
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1559
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the New World
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip 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
