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800 BCE
The Songhai empire was established in Africa
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207 BCE
Silk routes emerged connection trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia
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100 BCE
Paper was invited by the Chinese
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4 BCE
Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion
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600
Mohammad founded the Islamic religion
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1184
The Inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine
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1279
The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe
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1300
The Renaissance began in the Italian city states and spread to northern Europe
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1300
The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe.
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1381
John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority not the Pope
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1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1450
Erasmus spreads the idea of humanism
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1495
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1501
Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David
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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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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to the church wall
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Marin Luther
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1526
The Mughal Empire began in Northern India
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1533
King Henry III broke from the church and divorced his wife
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1534
The Jesuits were spread the Catholic faith
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1536
Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican church
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1543
Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent
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1577
Elizabeth I sponsored sir Francis Drake's exploration new world
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Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada
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Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
