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Jan 1, 1299
Ottoman Empire formation
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Jan 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty established
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Hongwu Emperor was first monarch -
Jan 1, 1368
Neo-confucianism resurfaces in Ming Dyansty
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The revival of Confucianist views, norms and practices, starting in the Tang dynasty but proliferating in the Song and Ming dynasties -
Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He's first maritime expedition
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Zheng He was commander of maritime explorations in this period in China -
Jan 1, 1415
Portugese conquered Ceuta
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Period: Jan 1, 1420 to
Existence of the Forbidden City
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Chinese imperial palace that existed during the Ming through the Qing dynasty -
Jan 1, 1439
Prince Henry the Navigator supported the colonization of Azores in Africa
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He also created a new type of ship, the caraval that allowed more African exploration and was used by Christopher Columbus -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Triangle Trade
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The link(s) between Africa, the Americas and Europe -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1464
Songhay Empire formed
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Period: Jan 1, 1464 to Jan 1, 1492
Sonni Ali Reign
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1st king of Songhai Empire -
Period: May 3, 1469 to Jun 21, 1527
Machiavelli lifespan
Historian, "founder of modern political science" -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
Copernicus lifespan
First to develop heliocentric theory of the universe -
Nov 1, 1478
Spanish Inquisition established
Intended to maintain orthodoxy of Catholics who converted from Islam and Judaism -
Period: Jan 1, 1485 to Dec 2, 1547
Cortes lifespan
Conquistador who led an expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec empire -
Mar 12, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reached farthest point in his journey to tip of Africa
The first European to reach this point in Africa -
Jan 1, 1492
Colombian Exchange began
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Not trade so much as the exchange of animals, diseases, etc. -
Apr 17, 1492
Spanish Empire established
colonization established -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain in search of India
Clearly, he didn't quite get where he thought he did -
May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama reaches Calicut of India
The first to link Asia and Europe by an ocean route -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
African Diaspora
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The forced and voluntary spreading of African people due to the slave trade. -
Jan 25, 1501
Shah Ismail founded the Safavid Empire
He was king until 1524 -
Period: Jan 1, 1502 to Jan 1, 1520
Reign of Montezuma 2 II
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Reigned during first contact of indigenous people of Mesoamerica and Europe -
Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564
John Calvin Lifespan
Founder of Christianity subset known as "Calvinism" -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco de Balboa crosses Isthmus of Panama
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Jul 23, 1514
Battle of Chaldiran
Ottomans beat the Safavid. Wooooo! -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail to circumnavigate the globe
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Feb 1, 1519
Spanish conquering of Aztec Empire
Colonized and used for slavery and production of goods -
Period: Sep 30, 1520 to Sep 6, 1566
Suleiman the Magnificent Reign
Longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire -
Nov 1, 1524
Pizarro launched 1st conquest to overtake Inca Empire
Lead expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire, captured and held atahualpa -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire established
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Jan 25, 1532
Spanish conquering of Inca Empire
(year only)
Used as labor force to produce goods and crops -
Period: Jan 26, 1532 to Jan 26, 1533
Reign of Atahualpa
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Last emperor of Inca empire before Spanish conquering -
Jan 1, 1534
French Empire colonization established
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Sep 27, 1540
Loyola founded Jesuits
Loyola, a priest and theologian, established this Society of Jesus -
Jan 1, 1545
Catholic (Counter) Reformation
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Prompted by the Protestant Reformation's impact on the Catholic Church -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
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Prompted by the 30 year war between Hugenots and Catholics -
Period: Oct 6, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
Key figure in the introduction of European ideas to China through the Jesuits -
Period: Feb 14, 1556 to
Akbar the Great Reign
He became the 3rd emperor of the Mughal Empire on Valentine's Day! -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo lifespan
A huge contributor to the Scientific Revolution -
Period: to
Hobbes lifespan
Believed that the only effective government style was total monarchy -
Ottoman Empire reached its greatest extent
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From this point, the empire only remained static/got smaller -
East India company
a private trade company accounting for half of world's trade -
Tokugawa Shogunate established
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Feudal Japanese government lead by a shogun -
Period: to
Tokugawa Ieyasu Reign
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Founder of Tokugawa Shogunate -
English colonization established
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Began with Jamestown -
Joint Stock Company began
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Jamestown colonized
The first colony of England in the Americas -
Quebec established as colony of France
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Period: to
Locke lifespan
Key figure in the Enlightenment movement, "father of liberalism", first to describe self as consciousness -
"Dutch Learning" begins
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Also called "Rangaku," it's the knowledge developed in Japan through the Dutch in their trade post -
Period: to
Reign of Louis XIV
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Monarch of France -
Qing Dynasty
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Led by Manchu people
Started by Manchu attack on Beijing -
Period: to
Kangxi Reign
4th emperor of Qing Dynasty, Longest reigning emperor in Chinese history -
The Enlightment
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Those who did believe thought that if new scientific knowledge was applied, society could reach "Enlightenment." -
Period: to
Voltaire lifespan
Writer, philosopher, advocated for freedom of religion and speech and the separation of Church and state. -
Period: to
Rousseau lifespan
author, philosopher, composer -
Russian colonization established
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Alaska used for furs -
Period: to
Quianlong Reign
6th emperor of Qing dynasty
Kangxi's grandson
Qing dyansty most prosperous under him -
Period: to
7 Years' War
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Oh my god everyone was fighting -
Period: to
Reign of Catherine the Great
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Holy Roman Empire fell
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Martin Luther published Ninety-Five Theses criticizing the Catholic church
Essentially sparked the takeoff of the Protestant Reformation