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The Renaissance was the rebirth of arts, cultures, and ideas.
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Prince Henry was known as he Navigator, and he started a school that focused on navigation, shipbuilding, and mapmaking.
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The fall of Constantinople essentially began when they was a seige on April 6, 1453, but it officially ended at this time.
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The Ottoman Empire peaked in wealth and power during this time under the reign of Mehmed II.
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Christopher Columbus accidentally "discovered" the Americas while he was attempting to find a new route to the Caribbean.
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Tobacco was introduced through Europe through Native Americans.
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A treaty between Spain and Portugal to settle problems over the new land discovered by Christopher Columbus.
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Vasco de Gama found the water route around the tip of Africa while on his journey to Asia.
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The Praise of Folly was a book critical of the Catholic Church written by Desiderius Erasmus.
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Mona Lisa is a famous painting created by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance.
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The 95 Theses was a list of issues with the Catholic Church that was created by Martin Luther.
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Fernidad Magellan was a Spanish explorer whom was the first to circumnavigate the globe, but was killed in the Philippines.
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The Mughal empire was established by a persianate dynasty that was located in North India.
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Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incas by attacking the Incan ruler and his unarmed troops.
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The Anglican Chuch begun by King Henry VIII over a issue with the Catholic Church surrounding a divorce.
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Copernicus developed the "sun-centered" theory, which was rejected by the Catholic Church.
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The Council of Trent in the Counter-Reformation reinforced Catholic doctrines and defined official Catholic positions.
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The Spanish Armada was defeated under the command of Sir Francis Drake.
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William Shakespeare was a Northern Renaissance writer known for his dramatic plays and stories as such.
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Galileo created the first telescope, whose work and observations were also rejected by the Catholic Church.
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Willliam Harvey shared his ideas of the circulation of blood in the body in 1616.
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The Thirty Years War was mostly surrounded around political, economical, and political issues. This war was between German Potestants and Catholics.
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Rene Descartes' Discourse on Method proposed the, "I think, therefore I am," concept.
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The Taj Mahal is an important architectural piece in the Muhgal Empire.
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Newton's laws govern how things move and interact.
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Hernado Cortez sailed for Spain in 1519 and into Mexico.
