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1240 BCE
The Songhai empire was established in Africa
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622 BCE
Michelangelo founded the Islamic religion
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570 BCE
Mohammad found the Islamic religion
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412 BCE
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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220 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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1362
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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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1450
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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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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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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1533
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
Henry Viii became the head of the Anglican Church
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1551
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the New World
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The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip ll's Spanish Armada
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Henry lV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty years war.
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The ottoman empire spread to Africa, the middle east and southern Europe
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Erasmus spread the idea of humanism
