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27 Cards in this Set
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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1492
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Greenlander seamen visit America
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1000
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Vasco Da Gama finds a new sea route to Asia
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1498
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Portuguese arrive at the Azores
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1431
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Alexander the Great reaches Indus
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326 BC
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Wars between the Persians and Greeks
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5th Century BC
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Followers of the prophet Mohammed fan out across the Mediterranean
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7th Century
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Battle of Poitiers
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732
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Fall of the Sultanate of Granada/ End of Reconquista
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1492
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Ottoman Empire established
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13th Century
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Capture of Constantinople
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1453
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Reign of Selim I (Ottoman)
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1512-20
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Reign of Sūleyman the Magnificent (Ottoman)
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1520-66
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Ming Dynasty comes to power
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1393
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Capital of China, Nanking is moved to Peking
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1409
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Peking is made the official capital of China
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1421
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Admiral Cheng-ho takes the first expeditionary fleet to large parts of Asia
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1405
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Shipbuilding is forbidden in China
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1551
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Charles V is born
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1500
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Charles V abdicates
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1555
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Netherlands rises in revolt
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1568
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Netherlands gains independence
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1600
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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1494
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Dutch admiral Piet Heyn captured a Mexican Silver fleet
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1628
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Pieter Dirckszn Keyzer and Cornelis de Houtman arrives at Bantam (Banten)
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1596
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The Dutch Long-Distance Campanies unite to form the VOC
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1602
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British East India Company created
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1600
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