OLLI Workshop: History of the Middle East
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| Table 1: Some Noteworthy Events and People in Western Europe | Year(s) | Event |
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| 1291 | Founding of Swiss Republic |
| circa 1300 | Painter Giotto (1266-1337) ushers the Renaissance by breaking away from Byzantine style. |
| circa 1450 | Invention of the printing press by Gutenberg (1398-1450) |
| 1492 | First voyage of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) |
| 1497 | First voyage of Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) who circumnavigated Africa. |
| 1450-1516 | Life of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch |
| 1452-1519 | Life of Leonardo da Vinci |
| 1483-1546 | Life of religious reformer Martin Luther |
| 1509-1564 | Life of religious reformer John Calvin |
| 1564-1642 | Life of Galileo |
| 1571-1630 | Life of Kepler |
| 1606-1669 | Life of Dutch painter Rembrandt |
| 1687 | Isaac Newton (1642-1727) publishes his major work Principia Mathematica. |
| 1581-1795 | Dutch Republic |
| Table 2: Ranking of Certain Countries by Sums of Rankings
in GDP/C, HDI, and CPI (GDP per capital, Human Development Index, and Corruption Perception Index) |
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