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753 BCE
Empire Begins
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar Death
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Period: 44 BCE to 1453
Rome
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11
Missionary of St. Cyril and Methodius
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117
Rome at the greatest extent
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272
Rule of Constantine
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293
Rule of Diocletian
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325
Legalization of Christianity
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330
Split of the Roman Empire and move to Constantinople
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410
First Sack of Rome
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476
End of Western Empire
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527
Reign of Justinian
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647
Muslims Conquer North Africa
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732
Battle of Tours
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Period: 732 to 1453
Middle Ages
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800
Rule of Charlemagne
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1054
East-West Schism
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1066
Viking Invasions
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1095
Crusades
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1215
Magna Carta
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1236
Mongol Invasion
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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
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1321
Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy.
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1377
The Papacy returned to Rome
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1415
Jan Hus Dies
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1418
Henry the Navigator sets up School of Navigation
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Period: 1418 to
Age of Exploration
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1436
Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral
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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
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1440
The invention of printing press
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1450
Dias sails around southern tip of Africa
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1453
End of Eastern Empire
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1453
100 year war
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Period: 1473 to 1543
Scientific Revolution
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1480
Sistine Chapel
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1486
Botticelli completed the painting The Birth of Venus.
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1492
Lorenzo de Medici ascends to power in Florence
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1492
Christopher Columbus sailed to Americas
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1497
De Gama sails to India
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1500
Pedro Cabral lands on Brazil
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
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1511
Erasmus published The Praise of Folly
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1517
Martin Luther nails 95 Theses
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Period: 1517 to
Reformation
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1519
Magellan sails around the world
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1520
da Verrazzano sailed to North America
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1521
Cortez defeats Aztecs
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1532
Pizarro defeats Incas
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1533
Elizabeth I became Queen of England.
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1534
Start of Counter-Reformation
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1541
King Henry VIII
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1543
Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory
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1543
Galileo was warned by the Catholic Church
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1571
Kepler discovered elliptical orbits
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The invention of the microscope
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Hudson sails to North America
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Galileo studies planets with his telescope
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William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth.
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30 Years War
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Bacon published Novum Organum
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Peace of Westphalia
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Hobbes publishes Leviathan
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Period: to
Enlightenment
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John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government
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Montesquieu published The Spirit of Laws
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Plague
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Voltaire publishes Candide
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Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishments
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American Revolution
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French Revolution