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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Age of Exploration
A ltime that marks when discoveries were made because of the want to find riches and spices. -
Oct 23, 1492
Columbus discovers Americas
Columbus sails over to the Americas. He landed in what is now present day bahamas. -
Oct 23, 1496
Columbus brings back Natives
Columbus brought back Native froms the Americas back to Europe as slaves. -
Oct 23, 1500
Printing Press
The Printing Press becomes invented, this leads to the spread of ideas -
Period: Oct 23, 1500 to
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of goods, people, diseases, and plants -
Period: Oct 23, 1500 to
Early Modern Era
post classical era -
Oct 23, 1514
Europeans in Asia
The Portugeuse Reach Asia in formal embassy and pirates. The will laiter set up an empire in Asia -
Oct 23, 1517
Martine Luther, 95 Theses
Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses which marks the begining of the reformation -
Period: Oct 23, 1517 to Oct 23, 1540
Protestant Reformation
A time when reformers questioned the challenged the Papal authority and questions how the church defined christian practice -
Oct 23, 1519
Magellan goes around the World
Magellan is the first to sail around the world. -
Oct 23, 1530
Measles arive in the Americas
Diseases arriving in the Americas caused a huge problem for the native because none of them were immune to the diseases. -
Oct 23, 1534
England becomes Angelican
England breaks away from the Catholic Church and becomes Angelican under King Henry VIII. -
Period: Oct 23, 1540 to Oct 23, 1565
Catholic Reformation
The Counter Reformation was in response to the Protestant Reformation beginning with the council of trent and ending with the thirty years war -
Period: Oct 23, 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
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The Mali empire was defeated
The Mali empire was deafeated my Sack of Niani. -
Galileo proves solar-centred universe (1600s- 1700s)
Galilieo discovers and proves that we live in a heliocentric universe. -
Slaves in America
Slaves from Africa were first brought to America in Virginia for taobacco plantations. -
Qing Dynasty of China substituted the Ming Dynasty
The Qing dynasty takesover the Ming dynasty by working for them and then overthrowing them. -
Colony at the Cape of Good Hope
Holland establishes a colony at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa -
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The Enlightenment
thinkers question the authority of religion, many begin to believe that reason and scince is the way to solve problems -
Moghul Empire in India
Moghul Empire allows British East India Company to trade in India without paying duties -
The Stem Engine
James Watt invents the steam engine which marks the start of the Industrial Revolution.