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Period: 476 to 1450
Feudalism in Europe
The lord, in return, would provide the king with soldiers or taxes. Under the feudal system land was granted to people for service. It started at the top with the king granting his land to a baron for soldiers all the way down to a peasant getting land to grow crops. The center of life in the Middle Ages was the manor. Feudalism in Europe used the Catholic Church as the man in religion. -
750
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled the Islamic world, oversaw the golden age of Islamic culture. The dynasty ruled the Islamic Caliphate, making it one of the longest and most influential Islamic dynasties.The Abbasids were very influential to the Europeans adn their trade. They even used the same skills as the Golden Age countries. -
Period: 1206 to 1368
Mongol Empire
Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol army became a technologically advanced force and and created the second-largest kingdom in history. Known for warfare, but celebrated for productive peace. Led by humble steppe dwellers, but successful due to a mastery of the era's most advanced technology. -
Period: 1271 to 1368
Yuan Dynasty
Parts of the Chinese culture continued to flourish during the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan rulers encouraged advancement in technology and transportation. They also encouraged arts such as ceramics, painting, and drama. In some ways the Mongols became more like the Chinese over time. The Yuan founded the Ming Dynasty, which would reign fro around 300 years. -
Period: 1300 to
Ottoman Empire
The Ottomans are known as one of the most influential empires in the history. Constantinople was changed into the capital which remained the Ottomans remained the trading center between the East and West for a while. Later the military was strengthened through Mehmen ll. In which controlling the slave trade but later defeated in WW1. -
Period: 1342 to 1352
Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague held a great impact on the world as a whole. With the demand in shipments and trade increasing, there were a high chance of it spreading and it did. This whole thing started with being in fleas which made it easier to transport or spread. This was known as the, "Black Death" which spread through China and Afro Eurasia taking out a third of the population. -
Period: 1350 to
European Renaissance
The plague resulted in decreasing so many countries' economies that everyone had an urge to find new ideas. With the new ideas rolling in new developments from science and art were coming in as well. This created new artists as well that are still known today. Religion debates were held up as well because of all the free time and creativeness the citizens were receiving. -
Period: 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
After the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was a major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese into East Africa,the Middle East,and Southeast Asia.With this the silk industry grew and the royalties were housed in the city of Beijing. In this dynasty they did not follow the tradition of the Mongols and with this they established the Great Wall of China.After, the Mongols overtook the Ming and their armies. -
1450
Portuguese Trading Post Empire
In the Atlantic Trade, the Portuguese were included to be a very important Empire. With this they held developments for weapons, power, and money through the African trading posts to grow their population to the next level. Although they were too small to continue being stable in the trading post. -
1450
Atlantic Slave Trade
Due to the high trade and military demand, in the fifteenth century , the Europeans multiplied in power. With so much power they continued to want more, which concluded to them transporting Africans as slaves all throughout the Atlantic Ocean. With the poor environment most africans did not make it off the ship. -
Period: 1450 to
Spanish Colonial Empire
Because of the Spanish government, strong military, and their ability to trade, the spanish become very powerful. The Spanish government had already taken over other empires and ruled them.This had a huge impact on other countries because the economy grew. Spain is still a major war and contains a big trade influence in the world. -
Period: 1500 to
Age of Exploration
Because Europe wanted more Gold,God andGlory they traveled a lot. With all of these travels they wanted to spread Christianity across Asia and the Americas too while becoming rich from land and slaves.With the advancement of technology compared to before the explorers relied less on the moon and stars to find their way through the world.This would cause an increase in trade of crops and animals.With many people traveling to the new world to find the three G’s they brought many diseases as well. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
While the Roman Catholic Church became very powerful, political powers increased as well. With as much power that the priest were obtaining they didn't want to share their ideas. In 1517 Martin Luther posted his "95 Theses" on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany - these theses were a list of statements that expressed Luther's concerns about certain Church practices. With the abusement of power the people became angry and concluded to being able to practice whatever they wanted. -
Period: 1526 to
Mughal Empire
The Mongol Empire began to rise and obtained a tremendous amount of power. During this time Islam became a major religion in Asia. The amount of trade increased dramatically which created more ideas to spread all throughout Asia. This helped to increase Asia's economy after the fall of the Delhi Sultanate. With new ideas spreading throughout Africa architecture spread widely and towns began to increase with taxes and small businesses. -
1555
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate is important because it started the Muslim Rule in India. Before that, it was the Rajputs under Prithviraj Chauhan who ruled over Delhi and the surrounding areas. The start of Muslim rule brought in great cultural diversity which became an important and invaluable feature of our country. -
Mesoamerican Empires
In the organization of its kingdoms and empires, the sophistication of its monuments and cities, and the extent and refinement of its intellectual accomplishments, the Mesoamerican civilization, along with the comparable Andean civilization farther south, constitutes a New World counterpart to those of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
This became one of the biggest moments of growth for Japan due to their growing military, agriculture, and global interactions.Before this Japan had suffered a weaker patch all due to their military success. A strict social structure was placed to separate the people by using their appearance. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the fifth largest empire in world history. China was not religiously tolerant and the global market majorly went down. Culture had become prominent in certain clothes and traditions were required and social statuses. Educational developments were needed and were brought up by many books being published. The transform created a more literate and pro economic. -
Mali Empire
The development of the empire began in its capital city of Niani, which was also coincidentally the birthplace of the empire's founder and King Sundiata. Sundiata built a vast empire that stretched from the Atlantic Coast south of the Senegal River to Goa on the east of the Middle Niger bend. The Mali Empire was the largest empire in West Africa and profoundly influenced the culture of West Africa through the spread of its language, laws and customs. -
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual time period where literacy, science, and art were encouraged to grow. The six ideas were deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. In this time John Locke was a major philosopher became popular. This movement helped the citizens think more outside of their beliefs. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
During this time people started Inventing brand new ideas. This resulted in the economy growing in production rates because the factories were becoming more efficient. In the factories women and even children were commonly seen. However because the assembly line was invented they became popular, which caused a high demand in goods. So with this all being said the economy boosted up drastically. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States. -
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French Revolution
When the French and Indian war, Drastic Weather and Poor Harvests in the preceding years, social Inequality in France due to the Estates System, and ideas put forward by philosophers it left France in a financial crisis. With France being in such debt they started taxing the citizens, which made them furious and they began creating riots. Napoleon then brought them deeper in debt with purchasing more weapons. So the people of France overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. -
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Haitian Revolution
Slaves created the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony. This was named as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. -
Period: to
Berlin Conference
With communicating economically and politically the European nations Became very powerful.With all this power these countries took control over Africa and used it for farming.The European nations such as Spain Portugal and France held a conference called the Berlin Conference to draw out lines of Africa lands. They then used these lands in the slave tradeWhich concluded to weakening Africa's economy. -
Period: to
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars was two wars between the Great Qing and the British Government. This was all caused because Britain limited trade to China, which made small businesses in China shut down. China knew they had no chance in the wars so they cut off their offenses. With the wars being placed in Britain's hands the peasants were furious and caused the Taiping Rebellion. -
Period: to
Tanzimat Reforms
The Ottoman Empire began to downfall While other countries continued to gain strength. The Empire created a series of reforms to stay powerful and strengthen the military status.Although the success of those we're only temporary.The Empire began to fall again leaving the surrounding areas in Asia able to gain more power. -
Period: to
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was also known as the Taiping Civil War. It all started when the Quing Dynasty didn't want to cut off the Opium trade.This made the low-class citizens riot against all the higher-class citizens and the dynasty too. They wanted to continue the trade and gain more power across China, although this attempt was unsuccessful. With all of this the plague started up and began to spread all across the world. -
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Sepoy Mutiny
This was also known as the Indiana Rebellion of 1857. This was an attempt to uprise the British soldiers.It drove a wedge between the Muslim and Hindu soldiers. It marked India's first attempt to gain independence from Britain. The British soon fought back and obtained a more strict government with an increase in the power of the East India Company. -
Meiji Revolution
In 1868 the Tokugawa shogun, who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. The emperor took the name Meiji as his reign name and this event was known as the Meiji Restoration which is a powerful army and navy. -
Period: to
Scramble for Africa
The reasons for the scramble for Africa were mainly economic, political and religious. During this time of colonisation, an economic depression had begun in Europe, and powerful countries such as Germany, France, and Great Britain, were decreasing economically. This made Africa easier to take over. In 1884 the Berlin Conference started the splitting up Africa.