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206 BCE
Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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100 BCE
Paper was invented by the Chinese
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2
Jesus began the Christian religion
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7
Mohammed founded the Islamic religion
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1300
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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1300
The Ottaman empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe
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1370
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority - not the pope
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1400
Erasmus spread the idea of ¨humanism¨
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1430
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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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 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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1512
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1516
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door
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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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1534
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1535
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1545
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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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
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The Jesuits were spread the Catholic Faith
