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The Black Death arrived on ships from Messina, Sicily and quickly spread into Europe killing 1/3 of the population.
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Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which allowed people to easily create new copies of books and writings.
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Columbus landed on one of the Bahamian islands, leading to the discovery of America.
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Sculpted by Michelangelo, David depicts David before the fight with Goliath.
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Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, this is one of the most famous paintings in the world.
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Luther posted his 95 reasons why the Catholic Church wasn't good and posted it on the door of a church. This later caused the separation of the church.
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Created by John Calvin, Calvinism is a branch of Protestantism.
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Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays and is a tragedy and a drama.
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Galileo's creation of the telescope allowed him to magnify things 20 times and helped support his theory that the sun was the center of the solar system.
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Galileo was tried and convicted of heresy. He later admitted to being wrong about the planets so he wouldn't be killed.
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