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610
Muhammad began the Islamic religion.
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1375
Songhai Empire was established in Africa.
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1431
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
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1440
Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press
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1451
The Ottoman Empire began in Eastern Europe.
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1478
Ferdinand II started the Spanish Inquisition
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1488
Gold, God, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration.
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1493
Christopher Columbus was sponsered by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia
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1494
Treaty of Tordesillas divided claims the claims of Portugal and Spain.
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1498
Leonardo Da Vinic painted the Last Supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1500
Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade.
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1512
Michelangelo 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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1520
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
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1521
Conquistador Hernando Cortes and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire.
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1522
Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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1526
Mughal Empire began in India
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1532
Francisco Pizarro led the defeat of the Inca.
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1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France.
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1534
Henry VIII became head of Anglican Church
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1534
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
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1540
The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation
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1561
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
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1563
Followers of Pope Paul III met at the Council of Trent
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes.
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Elizabeth 1 establishes concessions to Catholics and Protestants.
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War