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610
Muhammad began the Islamic religion.
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705
Paper was established in China.
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1299
The Ottoman Empire began in Asia Minor.
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
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1440
Gutenberg invented the printing press.
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1464
The Songhai Empire was established in West Africa.
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1478
Queen Isabella started the Spanish Inquisition.
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
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1495
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper.
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta.
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1500
God, Gold, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration.
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1508
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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1519
Ferdinand Magellan crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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1519
Hernando Cortes' the Navigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire.
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1520
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
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1521
Francisco Pizarro led the defeat of Cortez.
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1525
John Calvin established the idea of the predestination.
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India.
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1529
Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife.
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1529
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church.
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1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France.
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1534
The Act of Supremacy divided the king and head of church.
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
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1540
The Jesuits were created during the Reformation.
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1545
Followers of 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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Tobacco was shipped along the Colombian Exchange.
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Ferdinand II got France involved in the Thirty Years' War.