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207 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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30 BCE
Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion
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570
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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1184
The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine.
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1384
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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1438
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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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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1481
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe
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1494
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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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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1501
Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David
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1508
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1509
Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.”
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1517
Martin Luther Nailed 95 Theses to a church door
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1519
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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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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1545
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1555
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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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
