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Johann Gutenberg
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Started a printing revolution in Europe
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Renaissance artist famous for sketches of flying machines centuries before they were invented, also famous for Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Astronomer who developed heliocentric theory (earth revolves around the sun)
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Isaac Newton
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English scientist who wrote laws of gravity
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Italian author who wrote a guide for how leaders can gain and keep power
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Flanders
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Thriving trade region in Northern Europe, center of the Northern Renaissance
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Florence
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Thriving trade city in northern Italy, center of the Italian Renaissance
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Predestination
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Belief that God has determined who would be saved long ago
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Sect
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A religious group that has broken away from a more established religious group
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Theocracy
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A government run by a religious body
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El Greco
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Master of the Spanish style of painting
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Boyars
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Russian land-owning nobles
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Cabinet
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High ranking officials who act as the king's advisors
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Dissenters
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People who disagreed with the Church of England
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Divine right
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Belief that the right to rule came from God
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