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Started in Italy, rebirth of Roman and Greek culture was a philosophical and artistic movement.
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Invents the mechanical printing press.
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Found a water route to Asia.
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Sculpted the famous David, from the bible.
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Led to more exploration of western Africa
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European ships traveled around the world to find new trading routes.
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Discovered the New World
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Painting of Mona Lisa
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Started in Wittenberg, Germany.
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Posted 95 Theses on his church's door starting The Reformation.
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Discovered a new passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans .
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Conquered the Aztec Empire.
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Spread Spanish influence in South America.
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Formed Anglican Church
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Explored Canada.
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Painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement
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Published a theocracy.
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Led to an increase of tensions between England and Spain
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Formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe
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A time when during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.
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Makes Anglican Church the official state church.
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Famous for his plays around 39 of them wrote famous Romeo and Juliet.
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He was famous for inventing the Microscope and Telescope.
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First to demonstrate that the circulation of blood through the human body is continuous
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War between religions.
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Founded the group, Jesuits.
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King Charles fled to London and formed a small army.
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Was an argument between two groups about the way the Government should be.
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Starting at the age of 5, his reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history.
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King Charles was held prisoner.
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Oliver Cromwell becomes ruler.
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King Charles was sent to trial and sentenced to death.
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Wrote Leviathan.
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Reformed Russia and made it a major European power.
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King Henry VIII revoked edict of Nantes.
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Formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation
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The puritan members of Parliament Revolted against the English king.
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The English King was beheaded.
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Sets up a dictatorship using his army.
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He wrote two treatises on Government.
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The death of Cromwell leads to Charles II becoming king.
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The death of Charles II lead to James II becoming king.
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Consisted of Louis XIV, who ruled France; Peter the Great, who ruled Russia; and Fredrick the Great, who ruled Prussia
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Was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas.
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The longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.
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Wrote the Spirit Of Laws.
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Wrote the Social Contract.
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Was a period of when the French Monarchy was overthrown and taken over Napoleon.
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A constitution created by the National Assembly.
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Louis XVI tried to sneak out of Paris, to escape a counter-revolution by loyal troops.
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Radicals took over France.
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Started when the King was executed and continued on until Robespierre, the founder of the Reign of terror, also got executed.
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Wrote the Candide.
