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100

Italian sailor who 'discovered' the Americas

Christopher Columbus

100

where all humans originate from

Africa

100

the first mass-produced book

Bible

100

the widespread shift to agriculture

Neolithic Revolution

100

the first circumnavigation of the globe

Magellan's voyage

200

painted the Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci

200

the capital of the Aztec Empire

Tenochtitlan

200
the Egyptian writing system

hieroglyphics

200

Locke's ideas of life, liberty, and property

natural rights

200

biological transfer between Old and New Worlds

Columbian Exchange

300

founder of the Mongol Empire

Genghis Khan

300

the printing press was created here

Germany

300

a list of criticisms of the Catholic Church

95 Theses

300

a sun-centered model of the solar system

heliocentrism

300

a disease that killed 2/3 of Europe's population

Black Death

400

the title given to Siddhartha Gautama

Buddha

400

where the Renaissance began

Italy

400

a highly valued material from China

silk

400

the ability to think for one's self

individualism

400

a series of interconnected trade routes

Silk Road

500

the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity

Constantine

500

a holy site that was fought over during the Crusades

Jerusalem

500
the first set of written laws

Hammurabi's Code

500

the way a religion affects or is affected by others

syncretism

500

the division of Christianity into two denominations

Great Schism