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Period: 467 to 1450
Feudalism in Europe
Feudalism was a new form of government spread throughout europe.It was a social pyramid that made sure that the king stayed on top and the serfs stayed as serfs.It was made sure that the king offered land and protection for those who were higher on the pyramid (nobles and priests). There was a strict system put in place which made it almost impossible to move up the pyramid. -
Period: 618 to 1279
Tang and Song Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were China's most important times. The Tang Dynasty lasted from 618 to 907 and The Song Dynasty lasted from 960-1279. These Dynasties are of great importance because of the spread of Confucianism & Buddhism around this time. These ideas were spread because of the printing press which was an invention by the Song Dynasty. -
Period: 750 to 1258
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate was an islamic dynasty which had control over the middle east, western asia, and some parts of africa. There were many advancements in this empire and were best known for invention of algebra ,advancements in medicine, science, and roman and greek translations. In the capital,baghdad, lies the House of wisdom which was used to translate literature and greek texts into arabic. -
Period: 1206 to 1368
Mongol Empire
The mongol empire was an extremely large empire that basically took over whoever was in their path. When people saw them come to their country many people almost immediately surrendered because they killed many and wouldn't hesitate to do so to them. This empire was founded by Genghis Khan. The mongol empire took over the silk road. The mongol empire started to decline in August 18, 1227 once Genghis Khan died and their empire disintegrated into 4 states. -
Period: 1210 to 1526
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate was a muslim dynasty that was based in delhi. They had 5 different kingdoms which none of them conquered the south. The empire forced people that did not convert to islam had to pay a tax. They destroyed many hindu,bhuddhist, and jain temples to build many muslim inspired buildings. -
Period: 1235 to
Mali Empire
The Mali empire was an empire based in africa and was one of the richest empire in the 14 century. This is because of the trade between the Sahara Desert, Europe and the Middle East. Since their location was right in the middle of the trade route, They taxed merchants along the trade route. The Mali empire was rich in salt and gold which was very useful to other empires which made them rich. -
Period: 1279 to 1368
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was a empire in china that was led by a foreign leader. Kublai Khan formed the Yuan dynasty after rebelling against the mongols. This dynasty brought china back together. Khan taxed the chinese in order to expand the roads. -
Period: 1300 to
European Renaissance
The European Renaissance was know as the rebirth of europe. It was a time of great advancements in education,literature, art, science, and architecture. Many famous artists were born in this era like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello. The influences of humanism spread throughout europe throughout europe. -
Period: 1301 to
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman empire were renowned for their art, science, and medical achievements.. The Ottomans were also an Islamic stateThe Sultan and his many wives lived in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace. This empire was also wealthy and got most of it from controlling the silk road and from Gun powder. -
Period: 1345 to 1521
Mesoamerican Empires
The Aztecs and the Inca civilization had many similarities. They both had human sacrifices and the aztecs sacrificed over 80,400 people while the Incas sacrificed 140 children. These civilizations also had a great agriculture advances such as terrace farming and floating gardens. The aztecs were mostly based in mexico and the incas were mostly based in Peru -
Period: 1347 to 1351
Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague hit europe hard in the 14 century and killed 50 million people total. Many people believe that one of the mongols ships brought the rats that contained the disease and was the cause of the Bubonic Plague.Countries catapulted the dead bodies over their enemies walls as an act of war. The Catholic churches declined as a result of the plague. -
Period: 1368 to
Ming dynasty
The ming dynasty was an empire that overthrew the Yuan dynasty. They created the forbidden city and it was a palace for the Emperor and his households and sometimes his mistresses.They banned foreigners from here. This dynasty brought back china's traditional ways like the civil service exam and expanded the agriculture. -
Period: 1450 to
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was an era that european ships travel to new land to bring goods to their own land and also build new colonies. They would travel in a different area because they didn't want to be taxed on the silk road. Cultural blending occurred in this era as well as the Slave trade. Spain went on to discover america in this era as well. -
Period: 1492 to
Spanish Colonial Empire
The Spanish Colonial Empire was the empire that discovered the americas and enslaved the native tribes. The discovery of the americas was by Christopher columbus.The point of European exploration was to set trade routes and to spread catholicism. They forces the natives to mine for silver and made a huge profit. -
Period: 1500 to
Portuguese Trading Post Empire
The Portuguese Trading Post Empire was an empire that had over 50 trading posts and could easily control their region because of it.the purpose of Trading Post Empires was to control trade routes by forcing merchant vessels to pay duties at fortified sites. Portugal has established trade ports in places such as Goa, Ormuz,Malacca, Kochi, Maluku Islands, Macau and Nagasaki.The ships carried heavily valuable gold , ivory, pepper, cotton, sugar, and slaves into the European market. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
The Reformation was a movement that was led by Martin Luther against the catholic church. Martin luther wrote the 95 Theses which was spread everywhere thanks to the printing press. He was threatened by the catholic church many times but he never took down his books. He protested indulgences brought by the catholic church and said that salvation was by faith alone. -
Period: 1526 to
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an empire that ruled most of South Asia. This empire was one of 3 empires that made a majority of its money from gunpowder.The Mughals were Muslims who ruled a large Hindu-majority nation.The Ahoms fought and won against the Mughal empire seventeen times. -
Period: 1526 to
Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade was a trade route of slaves and it started with the abduction of people across africa. The Portuguese managed to abduct people from Africa's west coast and bring them back to Europe. The journey in the boat was long and often the slaves would be cramped together with 600 other slaves. This went on until 12.5 million Africans were shipped to other countries to work in sugar plantations and with 1.4 million casualties. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
During the Edo era the Tokugawa Shogunate, also known as the Edo Bakufu, was Japan's feudal military government. This empire came after a time of violence that was called the warring states.The Tokugawa Shogunate prohibited christianity and ended Japan's concept of free religion. Many christians were persecuted because of this. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the final imperial dynasty. When the Manchus invaded and conquered China, the Qing dynasty replaced the Ming dynasty.This was an era known for its peace and prosperity. They thrived over the three golden emperors until the opium wars. Their leaders name were Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng, and Emperor Qianlong -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a time where many ideas came to light such as deism, the scientific method,liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, and toleration. Voltaire was a huge part of the Enlightenment because his ideas of freedom and and reason is what ultimately led to the french revolution. His ideas also decreased the power in the catholic church.Human rights also was a huge movement in this time. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution was a time when mass production in goods was happening because of the many factories that were opening up.This made goods a lot cheaper than they were and it also led to more jobs.The conditions of these jobs were extremely unsafe and hazardous and many of the employers barely payed their workers.Urbanization and pollution were some effects of the mass production. New inventions such as the spinning jenny, steam engine, and the water frame were introduced. -
Period: to
American Revolution
The American Revolution was sparked largely by colonial resistance to British efforts to exert greater control on the colonies and make them pay back the crown for their protection during the French and Indian Wars. Many battles were fought to have independence and the colonies gained their freedom and became the United States.The Declaration of independence, which was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4,1776, summed up the motivations of the colonists in their quest for independence. -
Period: to
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a movement that lasted 10 years started by the french citizens.The poor were not well taken care of and the resources were decreasing so the french citizens needed to take action. In this movement the french managed to overthrow the catholic church, the monarchy and establish the declaration of the rights of man and citizen. Nationalism rose in other countries when the French Revolution occurred. -
Period: to
Haitian Revolutions
The Haitian Revolution was one of history's greatest and most successful slave rebellions. This rebellion started because of the french revolution. Haiti was one of the most richest colonies because of its commonly needed crops sugar and cotton.Eventually, they were given independence in 1804. -
Period: to
Tanzimat Reforms
The Tanzimat Reforms were put in place to revive the power the ottoman empire once had.The objective was to modernise the social and political foundations of the Ottoman Empire. Soon this became unsuccessful and soon the Ottoman empire began to collapse. -
Period: to
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were 2 wars in Chinese and Great Britain disputes regarding the drug opium.The war concluded with the Treaty of Nanjing. There was still tension with them so britain and france became allies. Chinese citizens soon began abusing the drug even though The qing emperor closed off the ports to the british. Many people got addicted. -
Period: to
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a movement that was against the Qing Dynasty and the social disparities and religious beliefs. The taiping rebellion had positive effect on industrialization and urbanization. They were defeated by the Qing dynasty by their"new armies". This brought tension between the citizens and the empire. -
Period: to
Sepoy Mutiny
The Sepoy Mutiny was a brutal and very bloody revolt in India against British law. the importance of Sepoy Mutiny was that It created tension between the soldiers Muslim and Hindu. It marked the first attempt by India to acquire independence from Britain. It has led to the East India Company's power gain. -
Period: to
Meiji Revolution
The Meiji Revolution started when the Tokugawa shogun lost his power while the emperor was returned to his supreme position.The re-establishment of the emperor legitimized the movement by linking it to an old tradition which encouraged everyone to unite. by doing this the imperial system was restored while the japans feudal system was dissolved -
Period: to
Scramble for Africa
African colonization was caused by invasion of africans territory. Africa was a very underdeveloped country and it had many useful and valuable resources in their country that europeans wanted to seize.There was an economic depression in Europe during this period of colonization and powerful countries like Germany, France and Great Britain were losing money. -
Period: to
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was a meeting between many different countries that were talking about how the colonies were going to be divided. Imperialism was spread even more throughout africa because other countries had their fair share of the land. They were discussing african colonization because africa had no political leader.