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Period: 1400 to 1450
The rise of Rome and the de Medici family.
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1440
Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press.
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Period: 1451 to 1475
Leonardo da Vinci and the Gutenberg Bible
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1452
Leonardo da Vinci was born.
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Period: 1476 to 1500
The Age of Exploration.
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1492
Cristóbal Colón reaches the Americas
He discovered the New World after traveling weeks on a boat. -
Period: 1501 to 1550
Politics and the Reformation.
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1504
Michelangelo sculpts David.
The statue represents the Biblical hero David.