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100 BCE
paper was invented by the chinese
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2 BCE
jesus began the christian religion
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570
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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800
the songhai empire was established in africa
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1300
The renaissance began in the italian city-states and spread to northern europe
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1300
the ottoman 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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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1455
johannes gutenburg invinted the printing press
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1478
The inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine
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1492
erasmus spread the idea of humanism
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1495
Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper
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1498
Michelangelo sculpted the pieta
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1500
silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean basin and asia
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1503
leonardo da vinci painted the mona lisa
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1508
leonardo da vinci painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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1509
Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1512
Michaelangelo painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door
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1521
Pope leo x excommunticated 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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1543
the jesuits were spread the catholic faith
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1545
catholic leaders met at the council of trent
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1556
the hapsburg family was the most powerful family in europe
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1559
john calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1577
elizabeth I spnsored Sir Francis Drake 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
