Question

Among which of the following events in Europe coincides with The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453?

• A. The Lutheran Reformation
• B. The invention of the printing press
• C. The creation of the League of Nations
• D. The Muslim invasion of Spain
• E. The fall of the Carolingian empire

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The invention of the printing press

The Lutheran Reformation (A) in 1521, too late to be the correct answer to this question. It is, however, the next closest answer. The League of Nations (C) was formed in 1920, following the First World War. (D) Muslims invaded Spain in 711. (E) The Carolingian Empire fell during the tenth century. (B)The printing press was invented in 1450 by Johannes Gutenberg.