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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Age of Exploration
European exploration through Africa, Asia, and the Americas for spices, gold, goods, and other sources of wealth. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomew Diaz
Discovered the southern tip of Africa and proved that ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sets sailed
Christopher Columbus travels the Atlantic to search for a new route to go to India -
Oct 12, 1492
Arrival of Columbus to the New World
Christopher Columbus lands in what he thought was India, but actually was the islands of the Caribbean -
Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty gave Portugal control of Brazil and Spain got the rest of South America -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Discovered a new water route to Asia and round the tip of Africa to India -
Jan 1, 1500
The Columbian Exchange
Traded goods from the Old World to the New World -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Slaves were brought to the Americas and sold at auctions -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
Luther wrote and nailed a paper that held 95 theses on the Castle Church which was of his disapproval and frustration on how the Roman Catholic worked. -
Jan 1, 1519
Aztecs conquered
Lands of the Aztecs get conquered by Hernan Cortes -
Sep 20, 1519
Voyage of Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain to find a western sea route to Indonesia. -
Jan 1, 1532
Incas conquered
Lands of the Incas get conquered by Francisco Pizarro -
Portuguese's Trading Post Empire Falling
Portuguese could never succeed in controlling more than half of the spice trade because of European power and Asian states. -
Period: to
Japan became isolated
After Japan unified politically by military commanders, they saw Europeans as a threat and impose rules towards them and Christians.