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1453 BCE
silk routes emerged connecting trade between the mediterranean basin and asia
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610 BCE
mohammad founded the islamic religion
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100 BCE
paper was invented by the chinese
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64 BCE
jesus began the christian religion
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1384
john wycliffe argued that the bible was the highest religious authority-not the pope
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1400
the renaissance began in the italian city states and spread to northern europe
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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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1498
leonardo da vincia panited the last supper
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1499
michelangelo sculpted the pieta
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1503
leonardo da vicni 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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1512
michelangelo painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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1517
martin luther nailed 95 theses to a curch door
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1521
pope leo x excommunicated martin luther
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1534
Henry VIII became the head of the anglican church
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1534
the jesuits spread the catholic faith
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1536
erasmus spread the idea of humanism
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1559
john clavin developed the idea of predestination
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1563
catholic leaders met at the council of trent
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queen elizabeth I defeated philip II's spanish armada
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elizabeth I sponsered sir francis drake's exploration to the new world
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the songhai empire was established in africa
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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
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the mughal empire began in northern india
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the hapsburg family was the most powerful family in europe
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the ottoman empire spread to africa, the middle east and southern europe
