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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Europe
Pre-1500
Politcally fragmented
Limited credit and use of money
Tax farming/taxes collected in grain and service -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Russia
Pre-1500
Focused on competition with Europe -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Asia
Pre-1500
World center- Mongols
Trade
Agrarian economy
Large demographic collapse
Not monetized
Limited consumption -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Americas
Pre-1500
Stone age
Isolated Economy
Advanced writing and math -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Africa
Pre-1500
Well connected to the Asian world and trade -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
The Ming Empire
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Period: Oct 19, 1405 to Oct 19, 1433
Zheng He's Voyages
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Period: Oct 19, 1418 to Oct 19, 1460
Henry the Navigator Voyage
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Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople
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Period: Oct 19, 1487 to Oct 19, 1488
Dias Voyages
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Period: Oct 19, 1491 to Oct 19, 1498
Vasco de Gama Voyages
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Oct 19, 1492
Columbus "Discovers" America
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Oct 19, 1502
Gold is discovered in Hispaniola
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Oct 19, 1521
Conquest of Aztecs Complete
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Oct 19, 1525
By 1525 Spanish control Meixco through New Mexico
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Nov 16, 1532
Pizarro seizes Emperor Atahualpa
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Period: Oct 19, 1550 to
Europe
Dynastic feuding and internal instability
Growth in maritime trade and seafaring skills -
Period: Oct 19, 1550 to
Asia
Ottomans lose powerful central authority
Mughals controlled by Akbar, united Indian subcontinent, mansabdars formed -
Period: Oct 19, 1555 to
Akbar's reign
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Period: to
Asia
China:
Manchu Dynasty founded by Nurhaci in 1644
Emphasis on Confucian principles
Reversal of frontiet policy- northern buffer zone=stability in China -
Period: to
Europe
Serious economic competition in New World
Lack of New World central authority
Age of Equilibrium (no power in Europe strong enough to take over)
Mercantilism