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role of OPEC

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Germans killed at Olympics

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1972: 11 Israeli athlets. by PLO who was in opposition to Israel

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aka Persia

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Iran

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leader of Iran

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Shah

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Iran and women right to vote

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Iran gave women the right to vote in 1963

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Iranian Revolution

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1979L Ayatollah Khemoni. revolution forces Shah . implemented shariah law

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estuary in the mittle east

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Shatt al Arab esuary
- Iran/IRaw war post Iranian Rev.
- border of each nation was supposed to go through the center but each wanted to control the estuary
- Khomei didn’t think Prez Saadam Hussein of Irq was a true muslim. Sadaam welcomed modern technology whil Ayatollah was old school

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first mission to Jupiter

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Pioneer 10
1972

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sea between sweeden and mainland

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baltic Sea

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sea between Scandinavia and Russia

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barrets sea

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sea between UK and Norway

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North Sea

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located directly south of Norway

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Denmark

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boarder between Europe and Asia

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Ural Mts

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culture on Crete

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Minoan

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ancient storyteller

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Homer did Illiand and Odyssey in 800bc

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city state of Athens

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Athens was the chief city-state of Attica

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ran first marathon

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Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles to report defeat

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Xerxes

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480bc. watched defeat at Salamis. beheaded captains when swam ahore

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Greek who believed all things were made of atoms

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Democrities

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father of history

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Herodotus

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writing by Herodotus

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father of History
Perisan war

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greek tragedies

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Sophocles

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Sophocles

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greek gragedies

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epic poems of greek

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lyre

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commedy greek who wrote about Athens Peloponnnesian war

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Aristophanes

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“know thyself”

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Socrates

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location of Sicilly

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less than 100 miles from North Africa

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prince of troy

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Aneas is a prince of troy who fought in the Trojan war. went to Italy, ROme

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Praetors

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  1. in roman gov.head of senate/assembly.
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Censurs

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  1. in Roman gov
    - supervises citizens, sets taxes, appropriate Senator usually forms. consuls
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Counsolors

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2 in Roman gov
supreme pwoer
elected every yaer
head of gov, commander in chief
becomes Senator at end of term

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treasurers in Roman governmen

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Quaestors. 8. 1yr term

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Tribunes

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10 in Roman gov
- 1yr term
- guards rights of plebians and can veto Senators

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how manySenators in Roman governmetn

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500

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commoners in Rome

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plebians

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nobels in Rome

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patricians

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aka veto

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“I forbide”

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Twelve Tables

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450bc.
first Roman Code of laws as created from plebian. written on bornze tablets and posted in Roman square

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role of Caesar

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governor of Gaul

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40
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rival of Julius Caesar

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Pompey

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downfall of Julius Ceaesar

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49bc: Senate, who supported Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome. brought army w/him so he wouldn’t be killed. Pompey fled
44bc: Caesar assassinated with 23 daggers

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sucessor of Julius Caesar

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Julius had chosen OActavian. 27bc. grandnewphew adopted

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Roman writer

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Cicero

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inspiration for ancient Roman art

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Greek
- greek = beauty and perfection
- roman = as things really are

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concrete

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sand/gravel bound by cenemnt

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wrote about the founding of Rome

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Aneid by Virgil

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road of Rome

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Appian Way

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baths of Rome

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Baths of Caricalla (kahr-uh-KAL-uh)

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what did Roman emperors belief would make their people content/peaceful

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foregin office

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consulate

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5 germanic tribes

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Visigoths - Iberian
Vandals - N. Africa
Ostrogoths (AH truh gahts) and Balkans
- Saxons - England
franks -Gaul/W. Germany

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leaders of barbarians

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Cheiftians. ruled land only they could defend

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aka Barbarians

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germanic tribes

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Charlemagne

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close ties with pope
King of France in 758
Pope Leo 3 crowned him Holy Roman Emperor

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reing of Augustus Ceaesr

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41yr emperor of Rome
only held offices that existed before prior but held them year after year
Augustus - respected one
Golden Age of Rome - 27bc-14AD
“I found Rome brick and left it marble”

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“I found Rome brick and left it marble”

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Augustus Caesar

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peace of Rome

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Pax Romana

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emperor when the Roman empire was at its largest

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Trajan 117AD

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famous art of Byzantine mepire

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mosaics

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Constantine

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312AD: Emperor became a Christian
Christianity became a state religion in Rome

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Cosntantinople

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official capital of Roman Empire in 330AD

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official capital of Roman Empire in 330AD

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Constantiniople

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germanic tribe ruler who took over Rome

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476 AD: Odoacer (oh doh AY gun)

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end of the Byzantine empire

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1453

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main square of Rome

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foreum

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roman courtyard

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atrium

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aka Latin-esque languages

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Romance languages: latin, french, italian, spanish

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Justian Code

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530AD

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goods taken by force

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plunder

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started the crusades

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Pope Urban III
1095-France

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crusade year range

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8 major crusades between 1095-1291
captured Jerusalem in 1099 and held until 1187

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feudalism

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middle ages
system of loyalty and protective
800-1300AD

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nobels in feudalism

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vassals - owned loyalty to higher nobels and got land back

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land in feudalism

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fiefs

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worked the land in feudalism

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serfs

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villages in feudalism

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villages on manors = large estates

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way to become a knight

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page - squire at 15yo - knight at 21yo

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promise by knight

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knights promised to defend the christian church. chivalry

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armored knights

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heavy, slow,expensive, easy to defeat
- only rich could have
- fell out of favor by 1400

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community of Christians

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Christedom

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sheepskin

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parchment

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gives rights to something

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charter

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location of famous cities in Spain

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center = Madrid
center but south of Madrid: Toledo
South but not south coast = Cordoba an Seville
western coast = Valencia
south
gibralter

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island due east of Spain

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Palma

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NW coast of Spain

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Barcelona

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location of Lisbon

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Portugal. slightly south of middle coastline

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city on the eastern coast of Spain

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Barcelona and Valencia

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in-between France and Spain

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Andorra

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Bordeaux

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coast on Atlantic

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apprentice to professional

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apprentice - journeyman-master
- guild had to approve apprentice to master

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years of the Renaissance

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1400-1600

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purpose of Magna Carta

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1215: King John
- nobels wanted to protect their rigghts but hte final results also protected peasants

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river in Florence

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Arno River
- Medici banking control
Lorenzo de Medici was a patron of hte art

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first perspective painter

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Giotto

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painted St Peter’s church

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Michangelo

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yr of the Mona Lisa

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1503

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yr Martin Luther nailed to door

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1517 Whittenberg 95 Theses

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movement Martin Luther starte

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Reformation

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how did the Reformation start

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1517: nailed 95 Theses on the door of theWhittenberg church

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HRE up against Martin Luther

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Charles V. forbade anyone to help ML so a prince kidnapped him. wrote constantly while in shelter

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Moors

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Muslims in teh Iberian penninsula.
Ferdinand of Aragton and Isabella of Castille married in 1469 and drove out the Moors in 1492

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action Ferdinand and Isabella did

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drove the Moors out of Spain in 1492

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first Tudor King

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1485
Henry 7

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year Queen Mary died

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1558

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explorer during Liz I

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Sir Francis Drake

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100 yrs War dates

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England v France
1337-1453

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year of Joan of Arc

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1429: told to drive England out of France at 16yo

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book about the heliocentric theory

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Copernicus 1543

108
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improved the telescope

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Gaileo

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Newton gravity. said that force kept planets

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1687

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year Liz I died

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1603

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yr the Netherlands became independent from Spain

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1648

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