World History 2 - 1 By 3104545 130 BCE Silk Routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia 100 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese 325 Jesus was the founder of the christian religion 622 Mohammad founded the Islamic religion 1349 The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe 1405 Erasmus spread the idea of Humanism 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press 1464 The Songhai Empire was established in Africa 1498 Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Last Supper 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1503 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa 1504 Michelangelo sculpted the Statue of David 1512 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India 1533 King Henry VIII broke from the church and divorced his wife 1534 Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church 1545 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the New World 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1635 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
