The Renaissance
This country is considered the birth place of the Renaissance.
What is Italy?
This empire takes over what was previously considered the Byzantine Empire.
Who is/What is the Ottoman Empire?
Birth place of the Protestant Reformation.
Where is/what is Germany?
This document, made in 1215, became the basis of modern day constitutional founding documents.
What is the Magna Carta?
This term means non-religious.
What is secular?
This was the main religion of Europe during the period prior to the Reformation.
What is Roman Catholic?
This dynasty, known for their blue and white vases and exploration, takes over China after the cycle ends for the Mongols (Yuan Dynasty).
What is the Ming Dynasty?
He is responsible for the Protestant Reformation and wrote the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
This monarch is responsible for the creation of the Church of England and break from the Catholic Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
This term means a monarch with complete, total control over a country.
What is absolutism?
This term was an intellectual movement that emphasized the study of the subjects known as the liberal arts or the “humanities” including: grammar, logic, poetry, philosophy, and history
What is Humanism?
This high ranking government official and explorer, lead the Ming Dynasty on 7 voyages throughout Asia and even to Africa, bringing new and "exotic" items back.
Who is Zheng He?
This event was the response of the Catholic Church.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This duo takes control of England after throwing out James II and signing the English Bill of Rights.
Who are William and Mary?
She is the first born child of Henry VIII and attempts to reverse the English Reformation. She even earned herself an urban legend for her cruel ways.
Who is Queen [Bloody] Mary I?
This invention by German inventor, Johannes Gutenberg is responsible for the spreading of the Bible in other languages other than Latin as well as the spread of the 95 Theses by Martin Luther.
What is the Printing Press?
What is the Devshrime System?
This event is the Roman Catholic Church creating courts to punish people suspected of Protestant and non-Catholic beliefs in Catholic countries, especially Spain. It did not end until the mid-1800s.
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
This document laid out the basic freedoms guaranteed to the citizens of England and that England will NEVER have a monarch that is Catholic again.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Under the Ming Dynasty, this religion combined the ideas of Animism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This politician and philosopher wrote an "instruction guide" for how a government should be run and treat it's people.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
Segregation of cities in the Ottoman Empire by religious identity that gave the opportunity to trade and communicate during the day.
What is the Millet System?
This man started the new Catholic order called the Jesuits who were dedicated to defending and spreading the Catholic faith.
Who is [Ignatius] Loyola?
The daughter of Anne Boleyn and she becomes known as one of the most successful monarchs in British history and makes England a Protestant country.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This is known as travel literature about the Ottoman Empire based on correspondences from the Austrian ambassador to his friend.
What are the Turkish Letters?