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100 BCE
Paper was invented by the chinese
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601
Muhammad began the Islamic religion
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1415
Jan Hus was burned at the stake for being heretic
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1440
Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1464
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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1478
Ferdinand II started the Spanish Inquisition
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1491
The Jesuits were created during the Reformation
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia
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1492
God, Gold, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration
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1494
Treaty of Tordesillas divided the claims of Portugal and Spain
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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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1500
Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade
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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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1521
Hernando Cortes and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
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1521
Hernando Cortes led the defeat of the Aztecs
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in India
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1533
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1533
King 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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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1536
John Calvin established the idea of predestination
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1545
Followers of Pope Paul III met at the council of Trent
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1577
Sir Francis Drake's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
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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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Ferdinand II got France involved in the Thirty Years' War.
