Era Overview: The First Global Age

  • Jan 1, 1377

    Koreans Print Buddhist Text

    This is the oldest known printed book printed with moveable metal type.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The First Global Age

  • Jan 1, 1452

    Seige of Constantinople

    The Ottoman Turks used huge cannons to destor the city's walls.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Capture Of Constantinople

    The Ottomon Turks caputred the city of Constantinople, putting trade routes at risk.
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Portugeese Ships Rounds Tip Of Africa

    The Portugeese developed a ship that was light yet study.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus lands in the Americas

    Christopher Columbus beleived that Asia was on the other side of the Atlantic, but instead they found the Americas, and claimed the lands for Spain.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    The Portuggeese Arrive in Brazil

    They established a colony here.
  • Period: Nov 15, 1501 to

    Safavaid Empire

    The rulers of the Safavaid Empire used gunpowder to control the lands between the Ottoman Empiure to the west and India to the east.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Spain brings Slaves to West Indies

    These are the first African Slaves
  • Nov 15, 1517

    Invention of the Print Press

    This was invented by Gutenberg, and was efficient and helped spread ideas during the Reformation.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1526 to

    Mughal Empire

    Muslim invaders from Central Asia took power in India and established this empire.
  • Nov 16, 1532

    Spaniards and Incas Meet

    In the highlands of peru, the spanish army and the incan army come face to face, the spanish defeating the Incan with their superior weaponry, even though they are outnumbered.
  • Jan 1, 1550

    Ottomon Turks Define an Empire

    The Ottomon Turks conqureed areas from Anatolies to southeastern Europe and Arablands of North Africa and the Middle East.
  • Jan 1, 1552

    Letter Written to Spanish King

    "Oh sacred Majesty, how just and good are the royal order you send to this province, and how officials modl them here and do what they wish!"
  • Ming Dynasty Falls

  • Vasco Da Gama Reaches India