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Was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.
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Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation along with an astronomical observatory at Sagres, Portugal. In this school, people were trained in nagivation, map-making, and science, in order to sail down the west of Africa.
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The Ottamon Empire's defeated the Byzantine Empire and captured Constantinople. Marked the end of the Roman Empire, an imperial state which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years.
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Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas.
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Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands
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De Gama sailed south down the west coast of Africa. Then, sailed around the southern tip and headed north, until finally reaching India.
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Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 which he will work on for four years.
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Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.
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the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean, and the first to cross the Pacific. His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world, controlling much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, North Africa and the Horn of Africa.
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In the early 16th century, northern India, being then under mainly Muslim rulers, fell to the superior mobility and firepower of the Mughals.
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