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  1. 15 hours ago · By the 3rd century BC, Rome had become the pre-eminent city of the Italian peninsula. During the Punic Wars between Rome and the great Mediterranean empire of Carthage (264–146 BC), Rome's stature increased further as it became the capital of an overseas empire for the first time.

  2. 1 day ago · 16th century: Chintz or printed clothing in Golconda, India; 16th century: Hookah by Irfan Shaikh, at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar I (1542–1605). 1560: Floating Dry Dock in Venice, Venetian Republic; 1569: Mercator Projection map created by Gerardus Mercator; 1589: Stocking frame: Invented by William Lee.

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    3 days ago · The Renaissance ( UK: / rəˈneɪsəns / rən-AY-sənss, US: / ˈrɛnəsɑːns / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) [1] [2] [a] is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

  5. 5 days ago · Pre-Columbian civilizations, the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Mesoamerica (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century.

  6. 5 days ago · BC and AD imply the validity or truth of Christian theology — specifically, that Jesus is Lord. BC and AD force non-Christians to imply or acknowledge the supremacy of Christianity. AD is awkward to use with centuries as opposed to specific dates — "12th century CE" while "12th century AD" means "12th century in the year of our Lord," which ...

  7. 5 days ago · John Calvin (born July 10, 1509, Noyon, Picardy, France—died May 27, 1564, Geneva, Switzerland) was a theologian and ecclesiastical statesman. He was the leading French Protestant reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.

  8. 4 days ago · THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. The 16th century, which was troubled by many serious dissensions between town and gown, opened with a composition between the two parties, made by three arbitrators under the auspices of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, the mother of King Henry VII (1503).

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