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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
1450C.E - 1750 C.E
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Nov 13, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Duke of Viseu he was known as Henry the Navigator he was an important figure of the early days he was responsible for the early developement of European exploration and maritime trade with other contients.
Cause : launched the 1st European voyages fo exploration.
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Nov 16, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
At the age of 14 he conquered constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire absorbing it administrative apparatus into the Ottaman state. he continued his conquests in asia with the Anatolian reunification and in Europe. he is regarded as a national hero in turkey. -
Nov 15, 1492
Columbus first Voyage
August 3, 1492 columbus departed from Castilian with three ships. Columbus first sailed to the canary islands in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of africa. -
Nov 16, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Known as the Grand Exchange it was a wide spread exchange of animals plants culture desease and HUMANS. it followed after the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus. it was an exchange between America and Afro Eurasian Hemispheres. -
Nov 16, 1492
Reign Of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali first king of the Songhai Empire and under the infantry and cavalry many cities were captured. he built a fleet to patrol the niger river. it surpassed the hieght of the Mali Empire he drowned crossing the niger but they say he was killed by his sisters son. -
Jan 1, 1500
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
slavery was a major ecnomic and social institution in europe during the classical era. slaves were shipped their neck were fastened with chained padlocks. portuguese owners could whip chain and pour burning hot wax and fat onto their skins and punish them any ways they wished aslong a the slave did not die. -
Jan 16, 1500
Dias Voyage into Indian Ocean
Bartolomue Dias was a navigator and Explorer he was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. -
Apr 21, 1519
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
the invasion began in feb, 1519 the spanish conquistadors captured Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztec empire. Cortez leader of the conquistadors allied with city states around the Aztec empire and had a bloody battle. Cortez and his men won by killing their ruler. later Aztecs planned a huge attack on the spanish that was called the Noche Triste cortez had to fight his way out of the Capital City. later that year they returned with reinforcements killing off the rest of the Aztec Empire. -
Jun 29, 1520
Moctezma
Moctezuma he ruled Tenochtitlan reigning from 1502 to 1520. during his riegn he had his first contact with Mesoamerica and Europeans he was later killed in the Spanish conquest of Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire
it ran from the 15th century to the 18th century. it ended in several generations of conflicts between rival warlords. the empire descended from one of the worlds greatest conquerors Genghis Chan. Genghis Chan never wanted to create an Empire he was just looking for his wife who was kidnapped by resulted in creating the Monghal Empire. -
Nov 16, 1563
Council of Trent
it was Ecumenical Council of the roman Catholic Church, it was considered to be one of the most inportant councils, it started in Trent between Dec 13, 1545 and Dec 4, 1563. -
Feb 18, 1564
Martin Luther
German priest professor of theology and important figure of the protestant Reformation. he strongly argued about the claim that freedom from gods punishment for sin could be purchased with money. -
May 27, 1564
John Calvin
a french theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. he began the developement of the system of christian theology later called Calvinism. -
Sep 30, 1566
reign of Suleiman the Magnificent
"The Lawgiver" longest reigning Emperor of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566. he completely reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system he became the prominent monarch of the 16th century Europe presiding oveer the Ottoman Empire military,political,and economic power. -
Ottoman Empire
it reached its peak at 1590 covering parts of Asia eruope and africa. During the 16th and 17th century the ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world. an Islamic Empire. -
Songhia Empire
was a state located in western Africa From the early 15th to 16th century. Songhia was one of the largest islamic empires ever. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
was a fuedal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Leyasu and ruled by the Shoguns . it was the period known as the Edo period it gets it name from its capital city Edo which is now tokyo.he ruled from 1600 to 1868 until he was abolished. -
Reign of Akbar
timurd Descent the son of Emperor Humayun and the Grandson of the Mugal emperor. at the end of his reign in 1605 the mughal Empire coverd most of northern and central India he appreciated having a liberal out look on all faiths and beliefs and during his era culture and art reached a high place than his predecessors. -
Galileo Galilei
was an italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and pilosopher who played a majpr role in the Scientific Revolution. -
Manchus Empire
it was part of the Qing Dynasty.located on the mainland of china until 1949 -
Qing Dynasty
Last imperial dynasty of China ruling from 1644 to 1912. it proceded the ming and the repubic of china. -
Thirty Years' War
was a series of war fought in central europe involving all of the country one of the most disructive wars in European history the reason for the wars were mostly on between the Protestant and Catholics Church. destroyed entire regiens and disease decreased European population. -
Peter the Great
ruled the Tsardom of russia and later Russian Empire from 7 May until april 1682 after his death. his half brother ended up ruling after. -
England's Glorious Revolution
the Revolution of 1688 or the Bloodless Revolution is what they call this Revolution was called it wasnt a battle were lives were lost it was a war between Paralament and their Monarchy. it was a War of Politics! -
John Locke
known to be the father of classical liberalism,he was an english philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers. -
Russian Empire
state that existed from 1721 until the Russian revolution of 1917 the short ruling empire turn into the Soviet Union -
Safavid Empire
one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. it ruled one of the greatest persian empires after the muslim conquest of persia.established the Twelver school fo shi'a Islam the offical religion and marked one of the most important turing points in muslim history.
