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3773000622BhaktiHindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing music, dance, poetry, and rituals as means by which to achieve direct union with the divine.0
3773003000Counter-Reformationa movement of the Catholic Church, in reaction to the Reformation, in which Catholic leaders worked to correct abuses, to clarify and defend Catholic teachings, to condemn what they saw as Protestant errors, and to win back members1
3773005180Nicholas CopernicusHe believed in a heliocentric, or sun-centered, conception of the universe. He argued that the Sun was at the center of the universe. The planets revolved around the sun.2
3773006093Council of Trent1545-1563 - tried to address the problems that Luther and other Protestants pointed out and used as fuel to further their reforms3
3773011962Charles Darwin1809-1882 English naturalist and scientist whose theory of evolution through natural selection was first published in 'On The Origin of the Species" in 1859.4
3773013302deismA popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.5
3773015328European EnlightenmentEuropean intellectual movement of the eighteenth century that applied the lessons of the Scientific Revolution to human affairs and was noted for its commitment to open-mindedness and inquiry and the belief that knowledge could transform human society.6
3773017490Galieo GalileiAmong many things, used the empirical method to prove scientific ideas, proved the heliocentric theory, improved upon and used the telescope7
3773026654Martin Luther95 Thesis, posted in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule. Claimed there were only 2 sacraments: baptism and communion.8
377302811995 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation9
3773029997Protestant ReformationA religious movement of the 16th century (Martin Luther) that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.10
3773033094KaozhengA notion of "researched based evidence" hat occurred in China as a foil to Neo-Confucian orthodoxy.11
377303440330 Years War(1618-1648) This Bourbon vs. Habsburg War resulted from a conflict between the Protestant Union and the Catholic League in the Holy Roman Empire; fought primarily to solidify protestantism as well as expand the power of France throughout western Europe12
3773041501Sikhismthe doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam13
3773044318Voltaire(1694-1778) French philosopher. He believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. He also spoke out against the corruption of the French government, and the intolerance of the Catholic Church.14

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