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630 BCE
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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207 BCE
Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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4 BCE
Jesus was the founder of the christian religion
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105
Paper was invented by the Chinese
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1400
The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine
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1400
Earsmus 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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1481
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the middle east and Southern Europe
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1495
Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper
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1497
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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1498
Michelangelo sculpted the pieta
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1501
Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David
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1503
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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1508
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1509
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door
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1520
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority- not the pope
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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1526
The Hasburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1533
Henry VII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1533
Henry VII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1534
The Jesuits were spread the catholic faith
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1551
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada
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Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the new world
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Henry VI issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years War
