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Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Began in northern Italy. Italy had thriving cities located on the coast. They had interactions with trade and exchange of ideas . A wealthy merchabt class and the classical heritage of greece and rome. -
Period: Apr 29, 1300 to
Muslium Empire
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Period: Dec 17, 1400 to
The Age Of Exploration
fter the loss of constantinople in 1453 the Europeans wanted to save their selves money. They decided to cute out the middle men and set out on a new route foor trade to western Asia -
Apr 7, 1413
Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed by te Muslim
the musliums ttok charge and took control of the byzantine capital Constantinople. -
Dec 16, 1450
prince henry founds navigation school in Portugal
Began to use triangular sails that enabled them to sail agains the wid. The sailors also began to devlope newer navigation instrumrnts much as Astrolabe and Magnetic compass'. -
Aug 21, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
Ferdinand and Isabella financed columbasto find a direct sea route to Asia by going around the world. But ended up finding the "new world" -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty of Tordesillas was writen by Pope Alexander VI. It drew a line dividing he Atlantice Ocean between Spain and Portugal to avoid conflict. -
Oct 2, 1501
Michelangelo's "David"
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in 1501, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17-metre marble statue of a standing nude man. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, it's a subject in the art of Florence. -
Dec 6, 1506
Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been notes as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most parodied work of art in the world. -
Nov 4, 1508
Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine chapel
painted by Michelangelo between 1508, is an extreme work of High Renaissance art. -
Sep 18, 1530
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
one half of the legandary conquistadors played the main role of the conquring of the Incan empire -
Dec 20, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
The polis scientist devoloped the "Heliocentric theory". it said the sun was the center of the universe and not the earth. He published the revolutions of heavenly bones. -
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Age of Absolutism
Takes the name for a series of European Monarchs who increased the power of the central government. -
Cortez conquers the Aztec
Hernando Cortex conqured the Aztec empire because of advancements in Technology, He had help from some natives and diseases. Diseases killed 24 million natives to Central mexico between 1520 and 1605 -
Johannes Kelper discovered planetary motion
German scientist discovered that the laws of planetary moton said mathematical laws govern planetary motion. He also stated orbits were eliptical. -
Galileo Galile used the telescope to support heliocentric theory
Italian scientist who used the telescope to support the Heliocentric thoery and published his theory. -
Shakespeare writes "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"
About the assasination of julius caesar. -
William harvey discovered circullation of the blood
eglish doctor that published on the motion of the heart and blood in animals. -
Taj Mahal was built
In 1631 Shah Jahan, emperor during the Mughal empire's was grief-stricken as his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess, died during the birth of their 14th child, so Jahan began the construction of the Taj Mahal in 1632. -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of charles I
Oliver was the leader of the roundheads. He created a new model army and in 1649 the roundheads win the battle. He ended up having Charles I executed for treason. -
the restoration of Charels II
The son of Charles I was put on the throne by parliament. His rule is called restoration because it restored he monarchy. -
isaac newton formulated the laws of gravity
english scientist, publised mathematical principles of natural phyliosophy. He discovered the laws of gravity. -
Erasmus writes "praise of folly"
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Louis XVI builds the Palace of Versailles
The palace Symbolized Louis' greatpower and authority. It was meant to impress visitors, show power and arouse envy to other monarchs. -
Peter the great builds St. Pertersbug
This gave him a searport to the west also known as the "Window to the west" -
Thomas hobbe's Leviathan
His ideas were hat humans were naturally evil. In the state of nature, life would be hasty, brutal and short. To him these were reasons why people needed a government. The state must have central auhority to manage behavior. -
Glorious Revolution
Parliament invited William and Mary to replace James II for sake of protestantism. It was a bloodless revolution. -
English bill of rights
Said ruler couldn't levy taxes without parliament consent, interfere with freedom of speech, or penalize a citizen who petition the king without grievances. -
John Locke's Two treaties on Government
"Popular sovereighty". He believed that the governments power came from the people, tha tpeopl ehad natural rights to life, liberty and property. He thought that the purpose of goverment was to protect these right. If not, th epeople have the right to over throw the government -
Thomas jefferson's Decloration of Independence
It argued for natural rights. -
montesquieu's The Sprit of Laws:
He belived in diving governments power among 3 branches. He also agreed with checks and balances. The three brances could restrain eachother. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseasu the social contract
The social contract sated that free individuals agree to creat a society and government to protect their rights. -
the American colonies win independence from England
gained their freedom fron England and fuled the French revolution and revolution in Latin America
