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8658048205Galileo GalileiItalian scientist who created the first telescope and proved that the planets and moons move0
8658053453Ninety-five TheseIssued by Martin Luther in 1517 and was the main catalyst of the Protestant Reformation1
8658063783Protestant ReformationReligious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century which shattered the unity of the Roman Catholic Christianity2
8658100521Martin LutherGerman priest that nailed the 95 Theses on the church door and is one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation3
8658108054HuguenotFrench protestant minority and the Edict of Nantes was issued for their religious freedom4
8658115476Thirty Years' WarCatholic Protestant struggle that began in the Holy Roman Empire, was very destructive and said to have killed 15-30 percent of the German population from violence, famine, and disease5
8658123178Taki Onqoyreligious revivalist movement in central Peru that called on the Native People to cutoff all contact with the Spanish, reject Christian worship, and to return to traditional practices6
8658136349BhaktiThe flourishing of a devotional form of Hinduism through songs, prayers, dances, poetry, and rituals, that brought Hindus and Muslims together7
8658166122Catholic Counter-Reformationreligious movement in the 16th century within the Catholic church to reform itself as a result of the Protestant Reformation8
8658173014Nicolaus CopernicusPolish astronomer who produced the first workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center9
8658176776Edict of NantesIssued by King Henry IV in 1598, gave some religious freedom to the French Protestants, as long as they eventually returned to the Catholic Church10
8658210867European Enlightenment18th century philosophical movement that proposed individual self-interest as the motivating factor in human behavior, also challenged religion11
8658219345Thomas HobbesEnglish philosopher who wrote Leviathan which states that people were naturally greedy and prone to violence and that the government should preserve peace12
8658224165Council of TrentMeeting of Roman Catholic leaders who were called by the Pope Paul III and it ruled on the criticism of Protestant Reformers13
8658229459DeismReligion that believed in a more abstract and remote Deity and had a concept of God common to the Scientific Revolution14
8658237711Kaozhengmovement that emphasized importance of precision, accuracy, and analysis in all fields of inquiries such as medicine, botany, eat., and it led to the criticism of Neo Confucian Orthodoxy15
8658243496John LockeEnlgish philosopher who advocated the idea of "social contract" in which the government powers come from the people and where the government serves the people, also that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property16
8658255617MirabaiBhakti female poet who rejected tradition by declining to throw herself on a funeral pyre, took an untouchable as her guru, and in doing so rejected the caste system17
8658261552Guru NanakIndian religious leader who founded sikhism which is descent from the caste system of Hinduism18
8658266789Isaac NewtonEnglish mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author, and physicist who defined the laws of gravity and motion and tried to explain motion of the universe19
8658272635Jean-Jaques RosseauFrench philosopher who believed that human beings are naturally good and free and can rely on their instincts, also that government should exist to protect common good and be a democracy20
8658279892Scientific Revolutioera between 16th and 18th century when scientist began questioning the teaching of the church and using scientific method to form theories about the natural world21
8658284951Sikhismreligion that combined the ideas of Hinduism and Islam and ignored the caste system ad allowed more participation by women22
8658293290VoltaireFrench writer who believed in Deism and criticized the ignorance and corruption of established religion through his writings23
8658299720Wahhabi IslamIslamic movement where male control over women was encouraged and strengthened, and led to the creation of Central Arabian reformist state24
8658305268Peace of WestphaliaTreaty that ends the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and laid foundations for a system of independence for competing states25

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