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610 BCE
Mohammed began the Islamic religion
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100 BCE
Paper was invented by Chineses
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1400
Gold, God, and Glory were the main reasons for exploration
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1440
Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1451
The Ottoman Empire began in the Asia Minor
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1478
Isabella I started the Spanish Inquisition
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asis
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1493
The Songhai Empire was established in west Africa
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1495
Leonardo da vinci painted the Last Supper
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1498
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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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
Hernan Cortes the Navigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
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1521
Cortes led the the defeat of the Aztec
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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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1527
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1534
Archbishop 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 king head of church
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1534
The Jesuits were created during the Reformation
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1545
People against Luther met at The Council of Trent
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1553
John Calvin was burned at stake for being a heretic
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1559
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1559
John Calvin established the idea of predestination
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada
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King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Ferdinand II got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
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Tobacco was shipped along the Columbian Exchange
