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570 BCE
Muhammad began the Islamic religion
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105 BCE
Paper was invented by the Chinese
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1299
The Ottoman Empire began in Turkey
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1375
The Songhai Empire was established in Africa
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1415
Jan Hus was burned at the stake for being an heretic
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1450
Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1478
Ferdinand II and Isabelle I started the Spanish Inquisition
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1492
Gold, God, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia
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1493
The Line of Demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain
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1498
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1500
Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade
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1508
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan's crew circumnavigates the globe
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1521
Hernando Cortes and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
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1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther
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1526
The Mughal empire began in India
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1533
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1534
King Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church
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1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1540
The Jesuits were created during the Counter Reformation
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1545
Followers of the Catholic faith met at the Council of Trent
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish armada
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King IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes
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King Louise VIII got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
