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1299 BCE
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, The Middle East and southern Europe
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632 BCE
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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15 BCE
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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14 BCE
Erasmus spread the idea of "humanism"
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14 BCE
Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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33
Jesus began the Christian religion
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105
Paper invented by the Chinese
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1300
The Renaissance began in the Italian city states and spread to Northern Europe
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1384
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority-not the popa
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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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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1508
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1508
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 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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1531
Henry VII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1534
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1534
The Jesuits were spread the Catholic Faith
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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Dec 13, 1545
Catholic leaders met at the council of trent
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake 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 Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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The Inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine
