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1) This explorer sailed the Atlantic in search of a route to India but landed in North America
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1492-1504
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Christopher Columbus
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2) This Byzantine capital falls to the Ottoman reign
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1453
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Constantinople
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3) This Venetian explorer reached the Canadian coast, claiming the land for England
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1497
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John Cabot
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3) A brutal conflict between the English houses of York and Lancaster causes this war
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1455-1487
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War of the Roses
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4) This French teenager leads a major rebellion in France against English forces at Orleans
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1429-1430
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Joan of Arc
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5) The war in which the above fought in between the French and English
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1337-1453
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Hundred Years
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6) Johannes Gutenberg invents this revolutionary machine, and publishes the Gutenberg Bible
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1450
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Printing Press
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7) This treaty between Spain and Portugal divided newly discovered lands outside Europe for colonization
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1494
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Tordesillas
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8) This empire dominates Iran and much of central Asia, emerging from a fragmented Mongol reign
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1370-1400s
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Timurid
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9) Casa di San Giorgio is founded in this Italian city as one of the first public banks
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1407
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Genoa
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10) This Portuguese explorer discovers the west African coast and establishes European trade routes
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1420s-1460
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Henry the Navigator
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11) This Italian city becomes the center of the flourishing Renaissance era of art and culture
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1450s
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Florence
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12) This Russian prince comes to power and unites much of the country for Moscow
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1462-1505
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Ivan
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13) This Portuguese explorer establishes a trade route to India around the southern tip of Africa
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1497-1499
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Vasco De Gama
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14) This Renaissance artist creates the Bacchus sculpture, the Roman god of wine
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1496-1497
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Michelangelo
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15) This empire, under king Boabdil of Granada, surrenders to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
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1492
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Moor
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16) This family of bankers becomes a powerful empire in Florence
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1400s >
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Medici
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17) Ming emperor Yongle moves the capital from Nanjing to this current capital
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1403
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Beijing
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18) A university is established in this northern Italian city, one of the oldest in Europe still in operation
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1404
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Turin
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19) This Khmer capital is sacked by Thai invaders
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1431
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Angkor
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20) This Peruvian empire is founded, ruling the area until the later Spanish conquest
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1438
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Inca
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21) This Renaissance painter is born in Anchiano, Italy, famous for the Mona Lisa
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1452
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Leonardo DaVinci
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22) Another famous Renaissance artist is born in Urbino, Italy, known for his works like the Transfiguration
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1483
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Rafael
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23) This imperial complex in Beijing is completed
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1420
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Forbidden City
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24) This Admiral sails to Indonesia, Ceylon, Persia and east Africa to spread Chinese influence under the Ming rule
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1405-1433
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Zheng He
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25) The outnumbered English defeat the French forces at this northern French city in a pivotal battle
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1415
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Agincourt
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26) This king unites the Aztecs, which become the dominant power in Mesoamerica
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1440-1469
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Montezuma I
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27) This famous Incan citadel is constructed high in the Andes
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1450s
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Machu Picchu
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28) This Bosnian capital is founded by the Ottomans
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1461
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Sarajevo
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29) The Ottomans invade this Greek island, faced with a small group of Knights Hospitaller
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1480
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Rhodes
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30) This Portuguese navigator becomes the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
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1488
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Bartolomeu Dias
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