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14 Cards in this Set
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1453
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Ottomans capture Constantinople
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1488
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Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope
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1492
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Columbus sails around and hits the Americas
Reconquista of Spain |
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1502
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1st slaves to the Americas
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1517
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Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to a door
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1521
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Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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1533
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Pizarro toppled the Inca
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1571
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Battle of Lepanto (defeat of the Ottoman navy)
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1588
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The British defeat the Spanish Armada
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1600
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Battle of Sekighara, which unified Japan and marked the beginning of Tokugawa rule
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1607
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Founding of Jamestown
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1618-1648
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30 Years War (started out as a religious conflict but basically became a conflict between the Hapsburgs and the Bourbons)
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1683
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Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
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1689
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-Glorious Revolution (no one died and William of Orange ascended the throne)
-English Bill of Rights written |
