Global History I

Movable individual printing - Bi Sheng

1040

Bi Sheng experimented with movable individual printing types
The global impact was minimum. 2 reasons:
o Complexity of the Chinese language (many more characters than European languages)
o The Mongolian invasion of China disrupted the connections between the Eurasian continent and the silk trade route.

Fallen of Ceuta

1415

Ceuta falls in the hands of the portuguese, led by king John I, in an attempt to control the Gibraltar strait

Fallen of the Bizantine Empire

1453

Ottoman empire conquers Constantinopla

West African Trade

1471

The portuguese founded a trading network in what it is today Ghana

Castilian Succession war

1475

Until Sept 4th, 1479. Won by Isabella I of Castille

Opening of the Indian Ocean

1488

The portuguese Bartolomeu Dias reached the Indian ocean and began exploring it

Colonization

1492

The arrival in America of an expedition led by Christopher Columbus by order of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. Columbus had departed from the Port of Palos two months and nine days earlier and, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, reached an island on the American continent, Guanahani, believing that he had arrived in India - Columbus exchange -

Granada falls

1492

Spaniards retake control of Granada over the Muslims

Transatlantic slave trade

1500

Cultivating financially lucrative crops in the Americas + devastation of native populations = increase in the demand for labour. This lead to the abduction and forced movement of 12 Million Africans during the XVI and XIX centuries. - Columbus exchange -

Cortes lands in the Aztec Empire

1519

He did it even though the governor of Cuba, Diego Velazquez, told him not to. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire

Magallan reached the Pacific

1520

From this moment on, both oceans Pacific and Atlantic could be crossed

Fallen of the Aztec Empire

1521

In the hands of the Spanish Empire

Pizarro lands in the Inca Empire

1531

In that moment, the Empire was in the middle of a Succession War over the throne, that was won by Atahualpa

Meeting between Pizarro and Atahualpa

1532

it was in Cajamarca. Pizarro held Atahualpa hostage and executed him the year after. The Inca Empire suffered a big loss and never recovered from it, it became really poor and over the next years it anexxed to the Spanish Empire

Leyes nuevas

1542

The Spanish Crown pronounced them after the multiple accusations by Fray Bartolome de las Casas. The number of granted encomiendas was limited and the ones belonging to the Church were supressed. the "indians" couldnt perform personal labours to the encomendero anymore, and their job was finished once their "boss" died

Portugal arrives to Macao, China

1557

Phillippines conquered by Spain

1564

By Andres de Urdaneta and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Manila was founded - Birth of world trade

1571

Manila was founded by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Andres de Urdaneta. It was the link between Asia and America's trade in silver and silk. China was the dominant buyer and Mexico and Peru, the main producers - Born with a "Silver spoon -

Japan silver exporter to China

1600

At the end of the XVI century and the beginning of the XVII, Japan started to export silver to China and ended up being a big competition to the main producers in Latin America, Mexico and Peru - Born with a "Silver Spoon" -

Supression of Encomiendas by Felipe V

1720