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300
The Muslims invented the triangular sail
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610
Muhammad began the Islamic religion
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1300
Humanists were created during the Italian Renaissance
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1368
The Ming Dynasty began in China
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1400
The Songhai Empire started in Africa
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1415
Jan Hus was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
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1440
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1478
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella started the Spanish Inquisition
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
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1492
Gold, God, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration.
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1493
The Line of Demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain
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1498
Leonardo da Vinci finished painting the Last Supper.
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1499
Michelangelo finished sculpting the Pieta
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1500
Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade
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1508
Michelangelo started painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door.
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan started his circumnavigation of the globe.
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1521
Hernando Cortes and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
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1521
Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in India
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1529
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
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1532
Francisco Pizarro led the defeat of the Incas
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1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St, Lawrence River to Montreal for Canada
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1541
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1541
John Calvin established the idea of predestination.
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1545
Followers of Paul III meet at the Council of Trent
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1558
Queen Elizabeth I became head of the Anglican Church
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.
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Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes.
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
