Countries
What country sponsored Columbus's journey?
Spain
1066
Battle of Hastings
Translated the entire Bible into English
John Wycliffe
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
Event that started the Middle Ages
collapse of the Roman Empire
Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of this nation
France
1215
Signing of the Magna Carta
Founded the China Inland Mission
Hudson Taylor
First European to reach the Far East by sea
Vasco da Gama
peasants rose up against the tyranny of the church
Peasants' Revolt
This country has the caste system
India
1517
Protestant Reformation
First Roman emperor to persecute Christians
Nero
conquered the Incas of Peru
Francisco Pizarro
Set the stage for a Roman Empire jointly ruled by pope and emperor
donation of Pepin
What country invented the first movable type printing press?
China
44 B.C.
Julius Caesar died
Write Iliad and Odyssey
Homer
Founded the first permanent French colon in the New World
Samuel de Champlain
Captured Jerusalem
First Crusade
Nation that became an important international crossroads for trade?
Indonesia
1054
Official split of the Roman Catholic Church
discovered the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
Intellectual movement that lifted the darkness of the Middle Ages
Renaissance