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Mohammad founded the Islamic religion.
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Paper was invented by China.
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Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia.
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The Songhai Empire was established in Africa.
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Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion.
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The Renaissance started spreading to Europe
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John Wycliffe argued that the Pope wasn't the highest authority the Bible was.
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Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
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Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
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Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.
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Vaso da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa en route to India.
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Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper
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Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta through 1498-1500
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The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe.
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Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David through 1504
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Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
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Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Nailed 95 these to the Church door
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Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs.
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Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
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The Mughal Empire began in Northern India.
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Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.”
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Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas.
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The Jesuit Order spread the Catholic faith.
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Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal.
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King Henry VII becomes the head of Angelican Church
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John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
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Catholic leaders met at the counsel of Trent
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Henry VIII broke from the Church and divorced his wife
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It was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine.
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Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake’s exploration to the New World.
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Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe.
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The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe.
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Queen Elizabeth defeats the Spanish Armada
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He issued the Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years’ War.