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570 BCE
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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130 BCE
Silk road emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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100 BCE
Paper was invented by Chinese
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1 CE
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
Erasmus 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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1498
Leonardo da Vinci pained 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
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1509
Henry VIII broke from church in Rome and divorced his wife
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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 Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1533
Henry VII became the head of the Anglican church
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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 1 defeated Phillips II spanish armada
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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The renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine
