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Period: Nov 17, 1299 to
Ottoman Empire
Muslim Empire. Conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II, In 1453 - the Ottoman state becomes an Empire that lasted for a long time. -
Period: Nov 15, 1340 to
Songhai Empire
Empire from South Africa that traded across the Sahara. it had a very large army of Forty thousand but still lost to the state of Morocco. -
Nov 5, 1394
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry was known as Henry the Navigator. As a navigator he did not travel very far from home, venturing from Spain to the North-Western end of Africa. Famous for founding the Navigational institute at Sagres. He died in 1460. -
Nov 15, 1444
Reign Of Mehmed the Conqueror
The ruler of the Ottoman Empire, beginning his reign in 1444, he was taken out of power and brought back as a ruler in 1451 His first reign ended in 1446 . He was famous for conquering Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. -
Nov 17, 1468
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali had his reign between 1464 to 1492 as the King of the Sonni Dynasty. In 1468, he captured the great city of Timbuktu and in 1475, he captured Djenne.. He had strict poicies on Scholars because he was afraid of rebellion. -
Oct 5, 1482
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
The Portuguese traded gold, various crops, and people. The Africans usually sold Prisoners of War.This was the Portuguese Slave trade. Eventually, in some Cities all they had to trade were slaves. This led to the transfer of nearly 11,863,000 Africans over an extended amount of time. -
Nov 5, 1488
Dias Voyage into Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias was the first Portuguese Explorer to round the southern tip of Africa. He spread the pre-concieved beliefe there was a way to India around Africa. He did not, voyage into India -
Nov 5, 1492
Columbus First Voyage
In 1492, Colombus sailed his first voyage westward into the Atlantic Ocean. There he found "India" and people who he claimed have been Indians. Little did he know he discovered the islands of America. -
Nov 15, 1492
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian exchange was the exchange of people, goods, animals and diseases from the old to the new world. The ways in which many people lived were changed due to the Columbian Exchange where that many of them caught diseases and got their raw resources taken away and brought to the old world. -
Period: Nov 17, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
Used land grants to support its cavalry.Population spoke several languages.Focused on land instead of sea. Which made the Empire trade more stronger and more popular. -
Nov 8, 1502
Moctezuma
Moctezuma lived for about 18 years in his home- city of Tenochtitilan. There he ruled as a king untill the Spanish came in 1519. then he believed they where gods and gave them anything they wanted. then where later on betrayed and got killed. -
Nov 14, 1509
John Calvin
Began the idea of Predestined Salvation, the idea that whether you were faithful or not to God, you could still go to heaven or hell by a predetermined act of God. Idea lead to Calvanism. had an issue with another idea brought by Martin Luther. -
Nov 20, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther created the 95 thesis in 1517. The thesis was a list of things Luther found wrong with the church. He unintentionally created a great schism between the people, leading to the Protestant and Catholic split in the church. had a different idea then John Calvin. -
Period: Nov 19, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Descended from Gengis Khan, The people of Islam charged into India. The Indians were baffled when they fought a Peoples with cultural ties as strong as thier own. -
Period: Nov 17, 1527 to
Manchus Empire
A Ming general invited Machu leaders to help his forces take Beijing from the rebels. hey then rebelled against the MIng, and claimed China for their own. -
Nov 15, 1529
Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent commanded the greatest Ottoman assult on Christiant Europe. Suleiman seemed unstoppable as he conquered Belgrade in 11521. Laid seige to Vienna in 1529 -
Nov 15, 1554
Council Of Trent
A council that met at the city of Trent, in nothern Italy, They distinguished proper Catholic doctrines from what they saw as Protestant "errors." to them.from then on each diocese required to have a residential bishop and training hull for priests. -
Period: Nov 16, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Descendant of Ghengis Khan.Significantly influenced art and culture in the country.Enjoyed painting, walls of his palaces adorned with murals. -
Period: to
Tokugawa Shogunate
Centralized Japan under one rule in 1603. Ruled by Tokugawa Ieyasu and shoguns of the Tokugawa family.Took place in 'Edo' era, named after Edo, (modern Tokyo) in Japan. -
Galileo Galilie
Galileo Galilei built the first Telescope that allowed a closer image of the Skies above. He found out the Planets had mountains and ridges, the sun had spots and many other things he was rediculed for at his time. he was the first to disprove many common beliefs of the Church. -
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Thirty Years War
European countries in search for supreme power and religion. Cause a Depopulation and an economic decline in the Holy Roman Empire. Effect it caused one of the longest and bloodiest wars in the history of wars. -
John Locke
18 Apr 1632 - 3 May 1704Believed not in Divine rule but the rule of the People. Believed that government could be reformed if it was not working for the public they controlled.created a big split in the Empire. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
Manchus family seizes China and formed the Qing dynasty. Advanced Chinese institutions and philosophy to higher level than Yuan Dynasty. -
Peter the Great
He established specific changes to decrease Russia's isolation fron the world and advance the Russian empire's strength. Known as bieng one of the greatest Romanovs. -
Englands Glorious Revolution
After the revolution: Parliament had to be arranged regularly,All new taxes had to be approved by Parliament, Monarchs had to belong to the Anglican religion, New political arrangements were made with Scotland. -
Period: to
Russian Empire
They had an empire that stretched from Northern Europe into Asia, but no unity to make them strong. In 1750, Russia had an army strong enough to be considered one of the superior powers. -
Spanish Conquest Of Mexico
the spanish came to mexico and became friends with MOcctezuma, while Moctezuma believed they where gods. he took an advantage of that began to take their goods. later on they caused a big problem and tried taking over the land. the aztecs won but later after a few years they came back and killed the smaller army after they bagan to die from the diseases they brought in the first place.
