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The Rennaisaance was a period in Europe in between the Middle Ages and Modern History, The Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change.
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Prince Henry the Navigator, founded a school of Navigation around 1418. In this school people were tought navigation, map making, and science so that they would be able to saild own the west of Africa.
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The Fall of Constantinople occured between April 6th 1453 through May 29th 1453. It was teh capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was invaded by the Ottoman Empire.
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The Ottoman Empire acheieved its peak of its power and wealth in 1481-1566. New conquests extended it into centrel Europe and throughout the Arab portion.
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Christopher Columbus set foot on America on October 12th 1492. He lead his 3 ships the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria,
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The Treaty of Tordesillas was a document that divided the newly discovered lands outslide Europe, between Protugal and the Crown of Castile.
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Vasco de Gama found the First water route on July 8th 1497. His trip turned out to be a success.
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The Praise of Folly was an essay that was written in Latin by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and it was printed for the firs time in 1511. It was inspired by Italian humanist Faustino.
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The 95 theses was a list of questions and propositions for debate.
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The famous paining that now sits in a Paris museum was completed in 1517.
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The first voyage to circumnaviagte around the world was the Magellan-Elcano in 1519.
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Cortez invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire. He is one of the most well known spanish conquistadors.
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Pizzaro was a Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incan empire in 1524/1526.
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The Mughal Empire was founded in 1526.. It was an empire established and ruled by a persianate.
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The Council of Trent was held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento and Bologna, Northern Italy was the most important councils.
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In 1571 Tobacco was introduced to Europe. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced something called Virginia Tobacco into England.
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The Spanish Armada was defeated July 29 1588.
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The tragedy was believed to have been writeen in 1599 by William Shakespeare.
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The first known sketch of the telescope was beleived to be in 1609. It was called a crude refracting telescope.
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The 30 years war was a series of wars in Centeral Europe. It was said to be one of the lonest and most destructive conflicts in Eruope's history.
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Harvey discovered that there was circulation in the human body in 1628 when he was about 50 years old. He wrote books later about it.
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The Descartes’ Discourse on Method book was published in 1637 by Rene Descartes. It is about conducting ones reason and seeking truth
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The Taj Mahal was built from 1632-1653. it was built to house the tomb of his favorite wife of three, Mumtaz Mahal.
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Newton first published his laws of gravity on July 5th 1687.
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The Angelican Church was founded in 1867.
