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130 BCE
Silk Routes arrive
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30
Jesus founds the Christian religion
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105
Paper was invented in China
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570
Muhammad founds the Islamic religion
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1252
Inquisition reinforces the catholic doctrine.
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1384
John Wycliffe argues the bible is the highest authority
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1415
Jan Huss burned at the stake
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1438
Hapsburg family becomes the most powerful family in Europe
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1440
Gutenberg invents the printing press
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1464
Songhai Empire is created
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1469
Erasmus spreads the idea of Humanism
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1481
Ottoman Empire spreads to Africa
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1495
Leonardo Da Vinci paints Last Supper
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1498
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1501
Michelangelo sculpts David
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1503
Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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1508
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
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1519
John Calvin develops the idea of predestination
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther
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1526
Mughal Empire begins
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1532
Henry VIII breaks from the church and divorces his wife
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1534
Henry VIII becomes the head of the Anglican Church
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1534
Jesuits spread the Catholic faith
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1545
Catholic leaders meet at the Council of Trent
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1571
Martin Luther nails 95 Theses
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1581
Elizabeth I sponsors Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the new world
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Queen Elizabeth I defeats the Spanish armada
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Henry IV issues the Edict of Nantes
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Renaissance begins in the Italian city-states
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France is brought into the 30 Years' War
