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Period: 1304 to 1374
Petrarch
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1321
The Divine Comedy by Dante is published
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Period: 1328 to 1398
Ming Hong Wu (first emperor of Ming)
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Period: 1350 to
Italian Renaissance (approximately)
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Period: 1360 to 1424
Yong Le (Ming Hong Wu's son)
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Period: 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
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1392
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer is Published
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Period: 1401 to 1466
Francesco Sforza
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1404
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan is written
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Period: 1405 to 1433
Zeng He's Voyages
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1406
Forbidden City construction starts
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1415
Chinese believed they found a real queen (a giraffe)
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1421
Capital of Ming Dynasty moved form Nanjing to Beijing
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1430
Medici family is established as one of the most important
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1430
Politicians persuaded emperor to abandon Zhang He's voyages
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1433
Zeng He's death
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1434
Cosimo de' Medici takes control of Florence gov.
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1450
Gutenberg starts working on printing press
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Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo Da Vinci
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1455
First book on printing press is published
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Period: 1469 to 1527
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Period: 1471 to 1528
Albrecht Durer
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Period: 1475 to 1507
Cesare Borgia
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Period: 1475 to 1564
Michelangelo
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1477
Francesco Sforza conquers Milan
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Period: 1483 to 1520
Raphael
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1498
Vasco De Gama lands in Calicut for spices
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1500
Western trade starts coming to eastern asia
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1509
The School of Athens
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1513
Machiavelli is thrown in jail
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May 5, 1527
Rome was pillaged by Spanish troops
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1532
The Prince is published
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Period: 1563 to
Wan-Li
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The Golden Lotus was published
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Peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng
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Period: to
Qing Dynasty
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Period: to
Kangxi's Reign
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Start of Qing Dynasty
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Treaty of Nerchinsk
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Period: to
Qianlongs reign
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The Dream of the Red Chamber was published
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Lord George Macartney travels to China
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Period: to
White Lotus Rebellion
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Start of Opium wars
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collapse of Qing dynasty