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Jan 1, 1299
Ottoman Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 1299 to
Ottoman Empire
Became empire with conquest of constantinople and that is one of the things it is known for. Fall of the Ottoman Empire was brought about by choosing to fight with Germany against the british empire in 1914,They lost so Britain broke up the Ottoman Empire in 1918. -
Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Jan 1, 1531
Songhai empire
State located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history and was a monarchy.Known for gold and their ruler Sonni Ali. -
Nov 19, 1340
Songhai Empire
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May 4, 1394
Prince Henry the Navigator
He is the man responsible for the development of European exploration and trade. He devoted his life to promoting explortion. Also sailed around the cape of Africa. Known as a generous man. Died November 13th 1460. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1500
Beginning of portuguse slave trade
European empires in the New World lacked one thingk and that was workers so they brought slaves. Originally they got them to work on sugar plantations but the Portuguese found that they make lots of gold just transporting and selling them to other places too. -
Period: Jan 1, 1451 to Jan 1, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conquerer
Had 2 reigns first reign ended in 1446, second went from 1451 to 1481. Was the sultan of Ottoman Empire. At age of 21 he conquered Constantinople. Regarded as national hero in Turkey. Also helped unify Antolians -
Period: Jan 1, 1464 to Jan 1, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Was the First king of the Songhai Empire.Under Sunni Ali's infantry and cavalry many cities were captured and then fortified(Timbuktu and Djenné). Built Naval fleet. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
He was a monk, priest, professor of theology and important figure of the Protestant Reformation. Was born in Germany. Disputed indulgences and was known for 95 theses. Was excommunicated by pope.( at that time Pole Leo X in 1520. Died in 1546. -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean
Known as first European to go around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean. However, after rounding the cape, his crew forced him to turn around and go back to Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable disease, and ideas between the old and new world following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Effects: increasd diet, diseases spread( population decrease) , and spread of religion. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus 1st Voyage
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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Mar 4, 1493
Columbus' 1st Voyage
Took 3 ships and 2 caravels to Canary Islands, San Salvador, Cuba, Hispaniola, and them he went back to Spain. He went to explore foreign lands. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
Islam empire was a theocracy that covered all of Iran. Created the twelver school of Shi'a Islam. All other religions and forms of Islam were supressed. Had strong ecomony due to them being close to trade routes or controlling the area trade routes are in. They were a gunpowder empire. -
Jan 1, 1502
Moctezuma
5th Aztec emperor and he died in 1520. Was killed during takeover by Spanish. During his reign the Aztec empire created a dual aqueduct system also made a triple alliance. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was theologian from France and pastor during the protestant reformation. Started Calvinism and was a professor, a writer, wrote commentaries about almost all of the Bible, but and wrote institutes of the Christian religion, a book that had a major impact in the Protestant Reformation. -
Apr 21, 1519
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
A coalition army of Spanish conquistadors lead by Hernan Cortes Conquest of Aztec Empire and other empires in Mexico. Resulted in exchanges between old and new world. -
Period: Jan 1, 1520 to Jan 1, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
He was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire and custodian of the Mosques. Known as Magnificent in west and lawgiver in east. Known as lawgiver because of his reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Also longest reigning sultan. -
Period: Jan 1, 1526 to
Mughal empire
Empire was in Indian Subcontinent. Was best known for torture, cruelty and ruthlessness. -
Nov 19, 1545
Council of trent
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Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
A council of the Roman Catholic Church.The council of Trent issued condemnations and defined Church teachings in the areas of Scripture and Tradition, Original Sin, Justification, and Sacraments. Council was embodiment of counter reformation. Ended in December 4th, 1563. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Only 14 when reign started.and persued expansion. Only Mughal king to ascend to the throne without the customary war of succession. Was also great patron of architecture, art, and literature -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was born in italy. He took part in the scientific revolution and played a major role in it. He is known for kinematics, dynamics, telescopic observation, astronomy and Heliocentrism. Died January 8th 1642. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
A regime of Japan ruled by shoguns of the Tokugawa family. Were a dictatorship and they controlled foreign trade. They charged anyone who tried to trade outside of their shogunate. They also controlled Japanese social, political, economic, and environmental policies very harshly. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
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30 years war
A series of wars mainly fought in central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. It was fought largely as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. Effect was decline in the power and influence of the Catholic Church. War ended in 1648. -
John Locke
He was known as the father of Classical Liberalism and also a influential Enlightenment thinker. Was also a English philosopher and physician. He created free and fair election, "government only with the consent of the governed",and separation of church and state. Died in October 28, 1704. -
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Qing Dynasty/ Manchu Empire
Last imperial dynasty of China. Manchu people founded this empire. Was founded by the Aisin Gioro of the Manchus. They had also captured Beijing. Famous for terra cotta army, unification of China ,and beginning to connect many great walls to form great wall of China. -
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Peter the Great
Had co-reign with Ivan V. Won many wars to gain more land so they could become a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, Europe like , and rationalist system -
England's Glorious Revolution
The overthrowing of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III. Resulted in Jacobite war in Scotland,Williamite war in Ireland, War with France, England and Scotland join Grand Alliance.
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Russian Empire
One of the worlds largest empire. Only empires that supassed it in land mass are the Mongol and British empires. Was a monarchy. Had big gap between rich and poor which led to political revolution. -
safavid empire
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Mughal empire
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Qing Dynasty
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Reign of Sunni Ali
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Peter the great
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Mehmed the conquerer
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Suleyman the magnificient
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Russian empire
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Beginning of portuguese slave trade
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Reign of akbar
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30 years war
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