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130 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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325
Jesus was the founder of the christian religion
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622
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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1349
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe
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1405
Erasmus spread the idea of Humanism
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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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1464
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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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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1504
Michelangelo sculpted the Statue of David
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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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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1533
King Henry VIII broke from the church and divorced his wife
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1534
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1545
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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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
