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General
Portugal dominates E. Africa 1500-1650
Italian Renaissance 1300-1550 Peaked by 1550 and spread north to France and England
French Renaissance 1453-1598
Councils of Trent 1545-1563
Akbar expands Mogul Empire 1556-1605
English Renaissance 1558-1603
Great Seige of Malta 1565
Spain and Venice defeat the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto 1571
Plague in Europe, Malta, Sicily 1575-80
Plague in England 1592-99
French Grand Siecle 1598-1715
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