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the silk road is made, connecting the Mediterranean and Asia
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paper was invented by the Chinese
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Jesus' death begins Christianity
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Islam is founded by Muhammad
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the renaissance begins in italy and spreads north
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John Wycliffe argues that the Bible has the highest religious authority - not the Pope
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Jan hus was burned at the stake as a heretic
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Johnnes Gutenburg invents the printing press
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the Ottoman empire spreads to africa, the middle east, and southern europe
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the Songhai empire is established
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the spanish inquisition was used to reinforce the catholic doctrine
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The hapsburgs become the most powerful family
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Leonardo da vinci painted the last supper
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michelangelo sculpts the pieta
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erasmus begins to spread the ideas of humanism
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Michelangelo sculpts the statue, David
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel
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Martin Luther nails he 95 Theses to a church door
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Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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The Mughal Empire begins in southern India
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Henry VIII divorces his wife and breaks away from the church
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King Henry VIII becomes the head of the Anglican church
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Jesuits begin spreading the Catholic faith
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John Calvin develops the idea of predestination
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Catholic leaders meet at the council of Trent
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Queen Elizabeth I sponsors Fracis Drake's exploration of the new world
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queen elizabeth defeats philip II's spanish armada
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King Henry IV issues the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu gets France involved in the thirty years war
