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The printing press revolutionized the world by allowing the printing of literature. The first book to be printed from the press was the Bible.
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The age of discovery begins. This brought on many people rushing to go to the new world for spices, gold and silver.
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The final remains is the Lighthouse of Alexandria are gone. The lighhouse of Alexendria was one of the natural wonders of the Ancient world, due to it's advance in architectual and technological superiority.
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Columbus sails across the Pacific ocean in search of a quicker route to Asia, but instead finds America, where he claims the land in spains name.
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Francisco Pizzaro sails to the New World with 30 ships carrying 2,500 colonists.
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In 1511, Hernan Cortez sets off, along with Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar to conquer Cuba.
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The scietific revolution begins with the publication of Copernicus' On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres and Vesalius' On The Structure of the Human Body
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was from Spain. He explored the Gulf and Florida region from Texas to Mexico, around 1528-36. He and his Spanish crew went through storms, and were blown off track.
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William Shakespeare wrties Hamlet. To this day , many speculate that he was aided in writing many of his plays but many can also agree tht it is one of his best works.
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.Queen Elizabeth I, was the second child of Henry IV. She was never married and never had a child. WIth the death of Elizabeth I, also known as the Virgin queen, the Tudor dynasty ended.
