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The first Crusades were fought in 1096, because christians from Europe responded to the pope's "plea" to go to war against muslim forces in their " Holy land"
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Renaissance stands for " Re-birth" It was Cultural movement that occured roughly from the 14th to the 17th century. Some people believe that the Renaissance was an advance from the "Middle ages"
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The Black Death started the Renaissance, and the Northern Renaissance spread through trade of goods, art, literature and documents traveled.
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The Black Death also known as " The Plague" was an illness that caused deat. The Plague was spread through trading ships with the rats which killed 25 million people.
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Zheng He was considered the "admiral of china" and comtemporary to columbus
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Joan was considered the Heroine of France. She was put on trial on a various amout of charges, and was declared guilty so on May, 30 1431, she was killed, at the age of 19.
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Ottomans saw themselves as "Ghazis" or "warriors of the Islamic faith"". Ottomans enslaved christian boys from conquered areas, and by the 1400's they controlled most of the balkan peninsula.
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The Gutenberg printing press was a wooden, then later metal moving type of printing, Which brought downt the price of printing. Credited with writing the first book using this movable type.
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The Ming dynasty in China was a major Dynasty that ruled china between the 14th and 17th century, Marked as a great expansion
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They turned Christian whether, forced or voluntarily. Christians were not aloud into professional jobs, like a doctor or ships captain.
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Columbus had 3 ships : The Pinta, the Niña and the Santa María. Convincing the King and Queen of spain finance his voyage he departed the mainland of spain on August 3rd, 1492.
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Da gama sailed from Libson on a mission to reach India. His expedition had lots of stops in Africa before actually reaching the trading post in India.
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The slave trade was the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves,
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One of the most significant dynasties. Considered the beginning of modern persian history.
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The " New world" has to do with columbus finding the "americas" and the trading systems.
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Da vinci was an italian painter, polymath and skulpture and his painting the Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman
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Michelangelo was a Painter, skulpter and one of the greatest artists of the italian renassiance. Some of Mihelangelos work was demonstrated as a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never seen before!
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Martin Luther was a german friar, and a catholic priest. He wrote the 95 theses challenging the teachings of catholic churches.
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Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who planned the spanish expedition to the west indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation around the world
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The Mughal Empire was a self-designated empire.The empire extended over large parts of the subcontinental. Was ruled by a dynasty.
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Henry was appalled by the Catholic church because they wouldn't grant him the divorce he wanted. he decided to create the Anglican church.. a Christianity based religion between Catholicism and Protestantism
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Pizarro killed Atahuallpa the 13th, the last emeror of the Inca Empire. Pizarro was the son of a spanish man who worked as a swideherder in his youth.
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Copernicus's heliocentric theory said that the sun was in the center of the earth and it is a astrinomical model
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The Council of trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation.
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He was king of spain, and when he was married He was also prince consort of england and ireland
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Elizabeth was Queen until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen
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A cultural movement of intellectual beginnings. Emphasizes individualism tather than tradition
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James town was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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He was known as the " Sun King" He was a monarch ofthe house of Bourbon which was ruled as a king of frand and he served asking until he died
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Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of china, which was overthrown by revolutionaries
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy
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Oliver was in the english military and was a political leader and then was a lord protector of the commonwealth of Scotland, England, and Ireland
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Peter Ruled The Em[ire iof Tsardom of Russia and then the Russan empire. He was Czar until he died.
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Catherine the Great was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia and ruled until her death.
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The French revolution was the event after the 18th century that ended the thousand year rule of kings in france and established the nation as republic.
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The U.S. Constitution was the supreme law of the U.S.A. these were orginally comrising the 7 articles of government.
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The Reign of terror was a time period where violence struck out and
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Emperor of the French was the title used by the Bonapartes starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor.
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The Waterloo fight took place in Belgum in 1815 which marked the final defeat of the French military leader and Emperor Napoleon
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The Tokugawa Shogunate was the time period when Japan ended Isolantonist foreign policies.
