items to know for the history

Short IDs

Koran

Shogun

Tale of Genji

Serfdom

Magyars

1066

1054

Magna Carta

Saladin

Cyrillic

Kievan Rus

Niccolo Machiavelli

Gothic architecture

Thomas More

Jesuits

John Calvin

Henry VIII

Edict of Nantes

The War of the Roses

The Habsburgs

Long IDs

Feudalism

Vikings

Crusades

Heresy

Scholasticism

Humanism

Michelangelo

Hundred Years War

Chronology Items

Council of Trent

Fall of Constantinople

End of the Abbasid Caliphate

Luther publishes his 95 Theses

End of the Olmec civilization

Temujin becomes Chinggis Khan, “great ruler” of the Mongols

Start of Heian period in Japan

Call for First Crusade

Black Death

Cyril and Methodius bring Christianity to the Slavs

Essay Topic

What were the forces or issues that led to the Protestant Reformation in Europe and how were these articulated by Martin Luther? How did the Catholic Church respond to this challenge to its authority? What were the longer terms effects of the Reformation across Europe, for example in England, France, and Germany?