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Period: Mar 27, 1340 to
Ottoman Dynasty
Osmen Bey founded this empire with his turkish tribes. Caused the fall of constantinople. -
Period: Mar 31, 1340 to
Songhay Empire
A large empire that was dominant in the saharan desert. Was conqurered later by a army that overpowered them. -
Period: Mar 27, 1394 to Mar 27, 1460
Prince Henry the navigator
Had a lead role in exploration and was a master at navigation. -
Mar 26, 1441
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
flow of sugar depended on the flow of slaves from Africa -
Period: Mar 28, 1444 to Mar 28, 1446
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Conquerored Constantinople and ended the Byzantine empire. Founded many schools and colleges in the city. -
Period: Mar 28, 1464 to Mar 28, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
King of Songhay during it’s growth into the largest, most powerful empire in West Africa. He was feared by his enemies because his great military power -
Period: Mar 27, 1483 to Mar 27, 1546
Martin Luther
Founder of the Lutheran church, that played a major role in the Protestant Reformation. -
Mar 26, 1488
Dias' Voyage into Indian Ocean
sailed around the tip of Africa and established a route between Europe and Asia -
Mar 26, 1492
Colunbus's First Voyage
Attempted to find an alternate route to India but ended up finding the new world. He had refused to admit he discover this new land. -
Mar 31, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, and Spanish nobleman, that helped to stem the Protestant help and win back some adherent through their teaching and preaching. -
Period: Mar 31, 1501 to
Safavid dynasty
Had a very diverse use of languages, and focused on land more than the sea -
Period: Mar 27, 1509 to Mar 27, 1564
John Calvin
French pastor that played a large role in the protestant reformation. Believed in the theory of predestination. -
Period: Mar 31, 1519 to Mar 31, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Cortes used the hatred of other tribes against the Aztecs to have help in conquering them. He also used small pox as a weapon of destruction -
Period: Mar 28, 1520 to Mar 28, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
One of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire, he ruled when they were at their peak -
Period: Mar 27, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Emperors were muslim and direct descendents of Ghengis Khan. Mughal is the arabic word for Mongols -
Mar 27, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola and a spanish nobleman that helped create it through teaching and preaching. -
Period: Mar 26, 1545 to Mar 26, 1563
Council of Trent
Was the heart and soul of the Catholic Reformation and attempted to correct corruption within the church -
Period: Mar 27, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Was 13 when he aqquired the Mughal throne and was a descendent of Ghengis Khan. He had a passion for art and culture. -
Period: Mar 27, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Italian physicist, mathmetician, astronomer, and philosopher that played a major role in the scientific revolution -
Period: Mar 28, 1572 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
Emperor of the ming dynasty, starting at only 9 years old. -
Spanish Armada
Spanish fleet sailing against England attempting to overthrow Queen Elizibeth 1 -
Period: to
Tokugawa Shogunate
Had established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. -
Period: to
Thirty years war
England was looking for power and as a result they lost population and economic power -
Period: to
John Locke
Argued that rulers should be subjected to law and that governments were suppose to protect the people -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
Founded by the Manchus family after seizing china. -
Peace of Westphalia
Series of peace treaties that ended the thirty years war and the eighty years war. -
Period: to
Seven Years' War
Series of wars fought between France and England. France was forced to surrender after Quebec was taken. Result was English get Canada and Spain gets Louisana. -
Establishment of 1st colony in Australia
Chosen by the British to be a new colony after the American Revolution. Used convicted labor instead of slave labor. -
Period: to
Haitian Revolution
French slave revolt that ended slavery and founded the Haitian Republic -
End of the British slave trade
The British banned the slave trade and created harsh fines for any ships containing slaves
