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The renaissance was believed to have started in Florence, Italy.
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He started a school in Sagres, Portugal. The main objective of it was to train people in the art of navigation, map-making, and science to prepare them to sail around the west coast of Africa.
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Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. He landed in the Bahamas.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed at the city of Tordesillas. The treaty divided lands outside of Europe between Portugal and Spain.
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Vasco de Gama left Lisbon in July of 1497.He landed on Africa coast on November 4, 1497
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Eramus wrote the Praise of Folly. It is mostly about criticizing the Catholic Church. He wanted a simpler version of Christianity.
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Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.It was painted during the Renaissance. The woman in the picture is Lisa Gheradrdini.
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Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses which was issues of the Catholic Church. He thinks the church is corrupt.
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They believed tobacco was good for your health. The French, Portuguese, and the Spainish found the sacered herb which was valuable.
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Cortez sailed to Mexicao and defeated the Aztec. His goal was to name the land of the Aztec as Spain. He conquered with less than 1000 soldiers and the Aztec had over 5 million people! He destroyed Technochtitlan, capital for the Aztec.
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Magaellan circumnavigated the globe. He sailed for Spain but he was Portuguese.
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Babur, the first ruler of the Mughal Empire found the empire in 1526. He spread throughout all of the India subcontinent.
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King Henry VII broke Catholicism with a divorce with his wife. The Pope declined King Henry VII's divorce.
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Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire. Pizarro was also lured to Peru for promises of riches and power. He established the first Spanish settlement.
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It is a theory that all of the planets revolved around the sun and the sun is the center of the universe.
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The Council of Trent defines Catholic positions and reinforced doctrine and ceremoines.It tried to stop the spread of Protestantism.
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The Turks has captured Constantinople which was the Ottoman Empire. It was later changed to Istanbul. They have defeated the Mamluks in Egypt and Syria
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The Spanish Armada which was known to be invincible was defeated by an English naval force led by Lord Charles Howard and Sir Frances Drake.
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Julius Caesar was written by William Shakespeare. It is a tragedy with a conspiracy againist Caesar.
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Galileo’s First Telescope was basically a tube containing two lenses. It was made in 1609. It observed many things such as the space
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William Harvey was the first to describe completely and in detail of the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart. It helped many surgeries and operations.
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Discourse on Method is a philosophical and autobiographical book published by Rene Descartes.
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It was a war between the Roman Catholics and Protestant faiths. The war lasted for 30 years. The war ended with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia.
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The Taj Mahal is one of the finest buildings in the Mughal architecture.
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Newton created the Newton's Law of Gravity. This states that every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses
