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The Crusades was a series of military campaigns between Christians in Europes and the Muslims of the Middle east between 1096 and 1291.The main goal was to take control of Jerusalem away from the Muslims.
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The Renaissance began in Italy and spread through Europe. During the Renaissance trade increased and citeies grew larger. People also wanted to show they were wealthy.
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The 100 yeat war was a fight between England and France. The war started because they wanted the Frence throne. The war lasted from 1337 to 1453.
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The Black Death started in Mongolia.It spreaded by fleas on rats that got on ships that then went to Europe. The Plague caused European society to change after the 1300s
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This was a ruling Dynasty in China. This was the last Dynasty to rule in China. It was a rule between eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance.
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He was an explorer during China's Ming Dynasty.Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to southeast Asia, south Asia, middle east and east Africa from 1405-1433.
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Joan was born in 1412. She died in 1431.She believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory during the war with England.
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This marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, which had lasted over 1000 years. After the conquest Mehmed made Constantinople the Ottoman Empire's new capital. The Ottomans conquered the Canstantinople by a land and sea attack.
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He was native to Germany. He invented the first printing press in the mid 1400's. The first document he printd was the bible with 1,282 pages.
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The Jews, gypsies and moors where asked to change their religion to Christianity. Whoever refused to change their religion they would be expelled from the country.
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On the first voyage he left with three ships, la niña, la pinta and la santa maria. During the first voyage he also explored the northeast coast of Cuba.
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It was the enslavement and transportation, primarily of African people to the New World.The slave trade took place accross the Atlantic ocean.
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It was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires.
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Christofer Columbus was the one that found the new world. He had completed four voyages before finding the "New World".
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Da Vinci was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer. The Monalisa is one of the most known paintings in the world. Da Vinci did the painting while he was living in Florence.
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He painted during 1508 and 1512. Michelangelo was a sculpter. When he painted the Sistine Chapel he used Fresco to do it. Pope Julius II ordered him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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When he wrote the 95 theses he was not allowed to write any more and people where not allowed to read them. That is why Martin Luther was mad with the church.
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He was a portuguese explorer. He was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth. He started the trip but never lived to see the end of it.
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This Empire was extending over the ndian subcontinent. It was the most powerful Empire in India. They ruled northern India.
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Phillip II was the King of Spain. He was also the King of England for sometime.He was born in 1527 and died in 1598. When he gonerned Spain he called it the "Golden Age".
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He had been married six times.He wanted to obtain divorce and the pope would not grant it to him. In 1534, the king made himself the supreme head of the Church of England in place of the Pope.
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He first made contact with Inca Empire. He was a Spanish conquistador whose famed conquest of the Inca Empire. Francisco Pizarro died in 1541.
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He was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer. His publish is considered a mojor event in the history of science.Copernicus was born and died in Royal Prussia.
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The main goal of the Council of Trent was to restore peace among Chrisrians.The Council of Trent was called by Paul Ill who was pope from 1534 to 1549.
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Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century. He is best known for extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation.
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Aftre her half-sister died she was crowned Queen of Elizabeth I England in London. She ruled England for 44 years. She was a long-ruling Queen of England.
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It was a cultural movement of intellectuals that started in western Europe.It spread across Europe and into the United States. The purpose of the Age of Enlightnment was to reform society.
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It was the first successful permanent English settlement it what would become the United States. It was located in Virginia near the James River.
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Louis began ruling france in 1661 after the death of the chiefe minister. He declared that he would rule without a chief minister.
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It was the last imperial dynasty in china. It ruled for about 300 years. It was founded by the Manchus.
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Thomas Hobbs was an english phylosopher in the 17th century. He was best known for his book Leviathan and his political views of society. The book was published in 1651.
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He is one of the best known people in history. He became the effective leader of England from 1653 to 1658. He was a highly religious man who believed that everybody should lead their lives according to what was written in the Bible.
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She led her country in political and coltural life of Europe.She started out as a German princess. She started ruling Russia when Elizabeth died and her husband tok the throne and was called Peter III.
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French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals. The French revolution failed to complete all it's goals. This started in 1789 and ended in the late 1790's.
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The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world. Before the Constitution could become the law of the land, it would have to withstand public scrutiny and debate.
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This was a period of violence after the French revolution. This was a conflict between rival polititians. The deaths range was in the tens thousands.
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Napoleon took power in 1799. In 1805 he made him sel Emperor of the Frence people.He was involved in a series of wars.
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This took place in Belgium in 1815.This marked the final deafeat of the French miitary Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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This military government that existed between 1603 to 1867. This was the final era of traditional Japanese government. This lasted over 250 years.
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. He was best known for his book and his political views of society.
