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Period: Jul 27, 1299 to
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, or Turkey, was the ruling power that ended in 1922 when Turkey's monarchy was ended. It's capital was Constantinople. The Ottoman Empire is known for starting the military revolution with their discipline tactics, weapons, and ship designs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire
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Nov 1, 1299
Ottoman Empire
This is just a picture, click on the timespan to read more about the Ottoman Empire. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg/250px-Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg -
Nov 11, 1340
Songhai Empire
This is just a picture, click on the timespan to read more about the West African Empire of Songhai. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/SONGHAI_empire_map.PNG -
Period: Nov 11, 1340 to
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was led by Muslim rulers and had strong trade. It was located in West Africa. One of it's greatest leaders was Sunni Ali. They high class people were educated and the empire valued books. Lower class people worked all the time. The Songhai Empire was one of the largest Islamic Empires in history. *Years are correct, not date
http://empires.findthedata.org/q/188/2515/How-long-did-the-Songhai-Empire-exist
http://africa.mrdonn.org/songhay.html
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Nov 5, 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator
Cause: Prince Henry opens a school for navigation because he has talent with navigation, shipbuilding, and map making. Effect: Sailors learn to navigate better and create better ship designs. *Year is correct, actual date is not
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henry.shtml
http://westciv2.umwblogs.org/files/2010/04/Henry_the_Navigator1.jpg
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Period: Nov 5, 1418 to
Unit 4 Timeline
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Period: Nov 12, 1444 to Sep 12, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Mehmed the Conqueror ruled from 1444 to 1446 and then from 1451 to 1481. He conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire and greatly expanded the Ottoman Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II -
Nov 5, 1452
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
Cause: Sugar began to get planted in Portugal for the first time. Effect: Slaves are brough over to help in the sugar plantations.
*Year is correct, exact date is unknown http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery/chrono2.htm
http://abolition.e2bn.org/library/0711/0000/0066/plantation1a_360.jpg -
May 29, 1453
Reign of Mehmed the Conqeror - Conquering Constantinople
Cause: Mehmed the Conqueror takes Constantinople after a 57 day seige. Effect: Constantinople becomes the new capital of the Ottoman Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II
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Jan 8, 1454
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
Cause: Sugar Plantations are in the Portugal and slaves are needed. Effect: Pope Nicholas V issues Romanus Pontifex which is a bill that allows trade with Africa, including slave trade. http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery/chrono2.htm
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Oct 1, 1464
Sunni Ali
This is just for his picture, click the timespan to read about Sunni Ali, Songhai's first ruler. http://castinet.castilleja.org/users/pmckee/africaweb/images/sunniali.gif -
Period: Oct 1, 1464 to Sep 5, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire. Of his dyansty, he was the fifteenth ruler. During his reign he conquered many cities and surpassed the height of the Mali Empire. He was Muslim, as many of the rulers of Songhai would be, *Years correct, dates are not
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Oct 10, 1487
Dias' Voyage into Indian Ocean
Cause: Dias was a highly regarded knight, superintendent, and master sailor, which is why he was appointed by king John II of Portugal to sail around the southern tip of Africa to find a new way to India. Effect: Dias does make it around the tip of Southern Africa and the people of Europe realized they could trade with India and Asia, meanwhile skipping the Middle Eastern Routes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
http://www.burdosclassroom.org/worldhistorywiki/images/d/db/00169a35. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus's First Voyage
Cause: People needed a faster route to the east for trade purposes. Effect:King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella allow him to make a voyage en route for the shortcut and he ends up finding the New World instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus's First Voyage
Land is spotted :D -
Nov 11, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Cause: Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and people saw that they had different plants and animals. Effect: New food staples were introduced to each particpating trading country. For example, Italy got tomatoes, other European contries got potatoes (which became extremely important to Ireland), the New World also got horses. *Year is correct, date is not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exchange
http://e28.courseblock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ah02_columbianexchangemap.jpg -
Period: Nov 13, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire was the Iranian Empire whose rulers said they were related to Muhammad. The Safavid's Empire greatest accomplishment was declaring Shi'ite Islam as the official religion of the empire, which ended up unifiying them so that they had a common religion, language, etc. *Years correct, date not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_dynasty
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Cause: Martin Luther was upset with many things the Catholic Church was doing (like selling indulgences). Effect: He wrote 95 Theses (his complaints about the church) and posted them on the door of the church. This started the Protestan Reformation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther -
Nov 5, 1517
Moctezuma
Cause: Moctezuma gets reports that Europeans are on the East coast of his empire. Effect: Moctezuma from then on wants to be notified of foreigners so that next time the Spanish come, he'll be better aware of it. *Year is right, actual date is not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moctezuma_II
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Apr 21, 1519
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Cause: Cortes went to Mexico in hopes of expanding the Spanish Empire. Effect: The Aztecs thought he was a god and allow him to stay where he quickly claimed to be king/god and that claim started his conquest. After this event, battles took place and eventually, Cortes would defeat the Aztecs. http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1538-the-spanish-conquest-1519-1521
http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/1.html
http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/22/2246/TP2ZD00Z.jpg -
Period: Apr 21, 1519 to Jan 11, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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Period: Nov 12, 1520 to Nov 12, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
Suleyman was the emperor of the Ottoman Empire for a time and his greatest impact on the Ottoman Empire was reconstructing the law system. *Years are correct, dates are not
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Nov 11, 1526
Mughal Dynasty
Cause: Babur the Tiger, a Timurid prince, wanted to have his own land since many of the kingdoms were fighting for control. Effect: He entered Northern India and conquered after defeating the land's Muslim ruler and consequently ending the Sultanate Delhi. *Year is correct, not date
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/taj_mahal/tlevel_1/t1_mughal.html
http://apwh.pbworks.com/f/1170015658/babur.jpg -
Period: Nov 11, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
The Mughal Dynasty was ruled by Muslims that were Mongol descendents. The empire was roughly 1.2 million square miles and at one point had 110 to 150 million people. It was the most powerful dynasty in India but ended when the Hindu Maratha Empire managed to defeat their army. *Years are correct, dates are not.
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Nov 4, 1543
John Calvin
Cause: During the Protestant Reformation, many people were looking down on the Catholic/Christian religion. Others thought Prostestants were wrong. Effect: He wrote books defending his Portestant Religion and created Predestination, which said from the moment one was born, it was already determined whether or not they would go to heaven. *Year is correct, date is not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin
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Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent
Cause: Martin Luther was being a rebel and starting the Protestant Religion. Peopple were liking it and joining the religion. Effect: The Roman Catholic Church decided to look over their rules, so to speak. They didn't like Protestants so they looked over their Catholic religion and reformed some of their ways to settle the Protestant disputes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=council%20of%20trent
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Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
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Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was a serires of meetings in which Catholic beliefs/customs were looked over and reformed in response to the Protestan Reformation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent -
Period: Feb 12, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Akbar took the throne at the age of thirteen after the death of his father. After 1562, he ruled alone without the help of his nurse. He laid the foundations for the Mughal Empire, he was religiously tolerant, and his rule was a great influence on art and culture in the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/knowledge-hub/history/akbar-and-the-era-of-multi-religious-empire.html -
Nov 13, 1560
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
This is just a picture, to read more about Suleyman the Magnificent, click on the timespan. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qDQO7AQCrao/0.jpg -
Nov 11, 1563
Reign of Akbar
Cause: He laid the foundations for the Mughal Empire. He was tolerant of other religions although he was Muslim. Effect: Because of his tolerance, the empire stayed united for quite a while. The foundations he lay for the empire were kept for 150 years. *Year is estimate, date is incorrect
http://storyofpakistan.com/akbars-reign/
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/knowledge-hub/history/akbar-and-the-era-of-multi-religious-empire
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Period: to
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa Shogunate was Japan's feudal regime at the time it was in place. It's rulers were part of the Tokugawa family and they had set a military government to rule over their land. It's emperor was seen as a both a political and religious figure. *Years are correct, not date
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate
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Galileo Galilei
Cause: Galileo overhears about an object that can make you see things as if they were closer to you. It was already patened by someone else. Effect: He goes on to design a different telescope and ends up writing a book, The Starry Messenger, that shows people of the vastness of the universe. http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/galtele.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/how-the-telesco/
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Period: to
Thirty Years' War
Cause: There are many causes that could have led to this war. It was a religios war between Catholics and Protestants and a war about politics. Effect: More countries and other great powers got involved in the war. The war led to population drop and disease, famine, and bankrupcy. *Year correct, date not
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Cause: Christians began to appear in Japan in the sixteenth century and they brought their religion with them. Many people in Japan began to practice Christianity. Effect: Tokugawa Ieyasu saw Christianity as a threat to the Shogunate, so he decided to ban Christianity which lead to the development of Seclusion laws. *Year is correct, not date
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Tokugawa_Ieyasu2.JPG/220px-Tokugawa_Ieyasu2.jp -
Manchus Empire
Cause: The indigenous Manchus people conquered China. Effect: They established the Qing Dynasty. *Year is correct, not the date
http://www.sacu.org/manchu.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_people
http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/ODA3336/page15/files/qingempire.jpg -
Period: to
Manchus Empire/Qing Dynasty
In 1644, the Manchu conquered China and established the Qing Dynasty which lasted until 1912 when China became a republic. *Years are right, dates are not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_people
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Thirty Years' War End
Cause: The war has been going on for thirty years. People are dying, food is less, things are just horrible, and then the Treaty of Westphalia is signed, ending the war. Effect: Netherlands became independent, Baltic and France were controlled by Sweden, and the power of the Holy Roman Emperor was weakened, allowing Germans to choose their own religions.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thirty-years-war-ends
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England's Glorius Revolution
Cause: King James II of England was having issues with people who didn't like that he was Catholic and close with France. Effect: William III and some English Parliament people wanted this to end. William brought a fleet to Englad in 1688 and ended the reign of King James, also ending the chance of England becoming reestablished as Catholic. *Year and month are correct, number date is not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
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Peter the Great
Cause: Peter the Great did many things to modernize Russia. He wanted a better position on the sea so that he would have more power in that terrian. Effect: He creates the first Russian Navy base, Taganrog after he lost an attack on the Ottomans. He took them on again after building a large navy and then he built the base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great
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Safavid Empire
This is just for a picture, to read more about the Safavid Empire, click on the timespan. *Year is just an estimate, date is incorrect http://www.zonu.com/images/500X0/2010-01-05-11620/El-Imperio-Safavida-en-el-siglo-XVII.jpg -
Period: to
Russain Empire
The Russian Empire was one of the biggest empires in history. It was always ruled by some kinda of monarchy and eventually had ministers and and electoral system that replaced it's monarchy. *Years are correct, not date
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John Locke
Cause: Locke believed the government's job was to protect the natural rights that a human was entitled to. Effect: His way of thinking led to him writing "The Social Contract" in 1762. His way of thinking also led to American Democracy. *Year is correct, not date
http://library.thinkquest.org/26466/history_of_democracy.html
http://www.robertlpeters.com/news/wp-content/uploads/john_locke_portrait.jpg -
Qing Dynasty
Cause: The Qing Dynasty experienced problems like bad harvests, overpopulation, rebellions, war, and economic crisis. Effect: The Qing Dynasty began to collapse. The people adopted a republic after a rebellion in 1911 made an emperor step down from his position in 1912. Puyi was the final emperor of the Qing. http://saraalgoe.hubpages.com/hub/Decline-and-the-Collapse-of-the-Qing-Dynasty
http://www.almanachdegotha.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/emperor-Puyi-of-china.jpg -
Russian Empire
This is just a picture of the Russian Empire. To read more about it, click on the timespan. *Year is just a random year of the Russian Empire.
http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mbaker/Hist304/blankrussmap.gif
