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Was actually was about 114 years long. France and the British fought against each other.
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Was transported through rats that had infected fleas. Killed about 25 million Europeans.
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The word Renaissance means 'Rebirth" in french. Was a period of cultural movement and beauty.
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Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for the suspicion that she was a witch. She was nicknamed "The Maid of Orleans".
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Cantantinople had lasted for over 1,100 years. Was a seven week seige.
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Johannes Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and inventor. September 30, 1452, Johann Guttenberg's Bible was published becoming the first book to be published in volume.
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Columbus had three ships, the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. Columbus actually landed on an island and thought that he was in India.
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In this new ordering the Earth is just another planet and the Moon is in orbit around the Earth, not the Sun. The stars are distant objects that do not revolve around the Sun. Instead, the Earth is assumed to rotate once in 24 hours, causing the stars to appear to revolve around the Earth in the opposite direction.
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