world history 2 1 ionathan tabora By iony 800 BCE The Songhai Empire was established in Africa. 570 BCE Mohammad founded the Islamic religion. 220 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese. 114 BCE Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. 30 BCE Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion. 1338 John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority – not the Pope. 1350 The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe. 1400 The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine. 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic. 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. 1481 The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. 1492 Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. 1495 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper. 1498 Vaso da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa en route to India. 1498 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta. 1500 Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.” 1503 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door. 1519 Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther. 1521 Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs. 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India. 1532 Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas. 1533 Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife. 1534 The Jesuit Order spread the Catholic faith. 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal. 1534 Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church. 1539 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination. 1545 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent. 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake’s exploration to the New World. 1577 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe. 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II’s Spanish Armada. 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes. 1600 The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe. 1624 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years’ War.
