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570 BCE
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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130 BCE
Silk routs emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean basin and Asia
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105 BCE
paper was invented by the Chinese
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1 BCE
Jesus began the Christian religion
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1299
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa the Middle East and Southern Europe
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1350
Erasums spread the idea of ¨humanism¨
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1430
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1450
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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1478
The Inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine
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1495
Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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1508
Leonardo da Vinci painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1512
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door
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1517
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority not the Pope
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1526
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1533
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1534
Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1534
The Jesuits were spread the Catholic faith
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1545
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1559
John Calvin developed the idea of Predestination
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake´s exploration to the new world
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II´s Spanish Armada
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years´ War
