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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 the Chinese
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4 BCE
Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion
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600
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion.
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800
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa.
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1377
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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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1493
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe.
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1497
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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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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1500
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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1504
Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David.
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1508
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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1533
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
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1534
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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1560
The inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic Doctrine
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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
