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Nov 18, 1398
Mughal Dynasty
The 'Mughals' were 'Muslim's' from the Muslim empires in Persia/ Iraq/ Afghanistan that invaded and conquered much of India. The significance was that they incorporated their new Indian territory with the Muslim empires of the Mideast, and those had trade with the Chinese Empire, so trade could flow through all Eurasia, from China, through India to the Mideast to the Mediterranean -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
1400-1750
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Nov 18, 1400
Prince Henry the Navigator: 1400-1460
Prince Henry the Navigator was a Portuguese prince who sponsored explorations of the West African coast during the 1400s. He was very important because these explorations helped advance the study of geography and made Portugal the leader in navigation among European nations. He sent out more than 50 expeditions although he never went out on one himself. -
Nov 18, 1400
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire is as one of Africa's greatest empires. The Songhai Empire rose to particularly lofty heights in the late 1400s during the magnificent rule of Sunni Ali. During the reign of Sunni Ali most of what was formerly the Ghanaian and Mali Empires were incorporated into the Songhai Empier -
Nov 18, 1445
Beginning of Portuguese slave trade:
Prince Henry established a slave market & fort in Arguin Bay in 1445 and they were brought back to Portugal. When a large slave auction was held in Lagos in that same year it was described by one witness as a "terrible scene of misery and disorder". By 1455 800 Africans were transported to Portugal annually -
Nov 18, 1453
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Mehmed commenced the siege of Constantinople with an army between 80,000 to 200,000 troops and a navy of 320 vessels, though the bulk of them were transports and storeships. Then he conquered constinople. -
Nov 18, 1453
Ottoman Empire
There are quite a few reasons. For one, they pretty much destroyed the Byzantine empire. The Byzantine Empire should more accurately be called The Christian East Roman Empire. When people talk about the fall of the Roman Empire, they are talking about the fall of the West Roman Empire. The East never fell until Constantinople fell to the Muslim Turks with the help of some of the first siege cannons in history.cBesides having very large Cannons early on, the Ottoman empire -
Nov 18, 1462
russian empire
russian empire Agricultural regions can describe best the terrain of the Russian landscape. Starting from the north is the extreme Arctic tundra that follows the Murman coast and the White Sea. South of this area are the forests of firs and birches in provinces of Archangel and Volga all the way south to St. Petersburg. West are the great lakes Ladoga and Onea and the surrounding area has smaller lakes and swampland. Following this is a mixed area of forest zone covering central to west-central -
Nov 18, 1464
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali marched on Timbuktu and captured it along with its great University of Sankore, which had thousands of students from many parts of the world. During the wajging of a seven year war Sunni Ali captured the great city of Jenne. Sunni Ali would marry the queen of Jenne, Queen Dara, and they would reign together splendidly. Sunni Ali eventually gained control over the entire middle Niger region -
Nov 18, 1466
Moctezuma: 1466 – 1520
He changed the previous meritocratic system of social hierarchy and widened the divide between pipiltin and macehualtin by prohibiting commoners from working in the royal palaces. He was the ruler when Cortez arrived in Mexico. He first greeted Cortez, but later Cortez took him hostage and held him for a ransom of gold. Even though the ransom was paid, Cortez killed him. With his death came the decline of the Aztec empire. -
Nov 18, 1487
Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean
Dias is thought to be the 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 return to Portugal. -
Nov 18, 1492
Columbus' first voyage: 1492 and 1500
He brought people to live in America. This resulted in the native people being made slaves and dying from European diseases such as smallpox. Christianity was spread. New foods were found. The Arabs no longer had control of the Spice trade. There was tension between Spain and Portugal over the new lands. -
Nov 18, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange has been one of the most significant events in the history of world ecology, agriculture, and culture. The term is used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations including slaves, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492 -
Nov 18, 1501
The Safavids
- The Safavids (1501-1736) established Shi'i Islam as the by far dominant religion of what is essentially Iran today though their territory on occasions spread much further. Compared to the neighbouring Ottoman Empire it was relatively weak, but strong enough to cause this empire to be cautious. It main struggles in the east were with the Ghilzai Afghans. Its stongest significance was that it unified Iran.
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Nov 18, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was the leader of the Reformation in Geneva. The influence of Calvin's thought spread throughout the Western world. 1509 1564 -
Nov 18, 1517
Martin Luther
-The 95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences ,commonly known as The Ninety-Five Theses, was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences -
Oct 2, 1519
Spanish conquest of Mexico
On that day a fleet of 11 Spanish galleons sailing along the eastern gulf coast dropped anchor just off the wind-swept beach on the island of San Juan de Ulúa. Under the command of the wily, daring Hernán Cortés, the vessels bore 550 Spanish soldiers and sailors, as well as 16 horses, the first of the species to tread the American continent -
Nov 18, 1556
Reign of Akbar
Akbar's reign significantly influenced art and culture in the country. He was a great patron of art and architecture He took a great interest in painting, and had the walls of his palaces adorned with murals. Besides encouraging the development of the Mughal school, he also patronised the European style of painting. He was fond of literature, and had several Sanskrit works translated into Persian and Persian scriptures -
Nov 18, 1564
Galileo Galilei: 1564 -1642
Was development of modern astronomy, both because of his contributions directly to astronomy, and because of his work in physics and its relation to astronomy. Also laid the foundations for a correct understanding of how objects moved on the surface of the earth and of gravity. Newton who was born the same year that Galileo died, would build on Galileo's ideas to demonstrate that the laws of motion in the heavens and the laws of motion on the earth were one and the same. -
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent met to formulate the official response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation in the mid 16th century. Strengthening of Catholic doctrine. Halt the further spread of Protestantism. Win back areas that had already turned Protestant for the Catholic Church. Spread Catholicism to new lands and peoples. -
The Thirty Years' War
- The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648), was fought throughout Europe, though focused primarily in what is now Germany. The origin of the conflict is thought to mostly be religious in nature, due to the friction between the Protestants and the Catholics at the time, though political disputes also had a lot to due with it.
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• Thirty Years' War
Foreigners who attempted to land or who were shipwrecked were put to death. The actions of foreign governments were not so much aimed at opening Japan to trade the country actually possessed little of commercial value for traders. But Japan sits on an important sea lane to China; and the Americans in particular wanted those lanes open. That's why the fates of sailors were so important to them. -
John Locke
John Locke was the principal "theoretician" of the "Glorious Revolution" which replaced the Catholic James the 2nd with the Protestant William of Orange. His ideas were influential in both the US Declaration of Independence & in the French Revolution 1632 -1704 -
The Manchu Dynasty
The Manchu Dynasty (1644 – 1912) was the last dynasty of China. The Manchu peoples are minorities of China. In Chinese ancient history the Manchu are considered barbarians who only know how to ride horses and fight, similar to the Mongols. There style of clothing was not considered elegant and they can be blamed for ruining China due to their weak and corrupt rulers. -
Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, so the customs of Manchu bannermen affected those of the Central Plains. The traditional dress code that had been handed down for several thousand years was damaged because of the invasion of the Eight Banners soldiers. It might be said that this innovation was another improvement of China's traditional dress code. It was the third obvious revolution after the Mongol Costumes for Arrow Shooting on Horseback and the Open Dresses of the Tang Dynasty in the history. -
England’s Glorious Revolution
he Glorious Revolution saw the official overthrow of absolute monarchy in England and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. King James II was trying to reverse many of the anti-Catholic laws and constitutional changes brought by his older brother Charles II. The English, associating Catholicism and Absolute Monarchy with despotism and tyranny invited William of Orange -
Peter I the Great
- Peter I the Great (1672–1725) introduced autocracy in Russia and played a major role in introducing his country to the European state system. However, this vast land had a population of only 14 million. Grain yields trailed behind those of agriculture in the West, compelling nearly the entire population to farm. Only a small percentage lived in towns. The class of kholops, close to the one of slavery, remained a major institution in Russia until 1723,
