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  crusades begin
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  aztecs settle in mexico
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  tambuktu becomes center of islamic learning
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  johann gutenburg developed the printing press
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  columbus reaches north america
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  the spanish destroy the aztec empire
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  the reformation starts in england with the act of supremicy
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  england defeats spanish armada
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  jamestown is founded
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  pilgrams settle in plymouth
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  begins between royalists and parlimentary forces
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  william penn founds pennsylvania
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  war begins
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  britian acquires a vast north american empire