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Period: 1299 to
Ottoman Dynasty
ruled the ottoman empire. for 600 years -
Period: 1394 to 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries in total -
Period: 1400 to
Songhai Empire
From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history -
1453
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire -
1455
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
Beginning of mass slave trade to the americas, influenceing many other countries -
1488
Dias voyage into Indian Ocean
first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight of the indian ocean -
1491
Reconquista of Spain
Reconquista, English Reconquest, in medieval Spain and Portugal, a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. -
1492
Columbus' 1st Voyage
discovery other the americas by accident. was the beginning of spanish and colonization in the new world -
1492
Columbus sails to the "New World"
Columbus sails to the "New World"/Spain begins to colonize the Americas/Columbian Exchange begins -
Period: 1492 to
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christo pher Columbus in 1492. -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
divided the newly discovered lands outside europe between portugal and spain -
1497
Portugal starts colonizing the Americas
Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century -
Period: 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
iranian kingdom est by ismail safavi, who declared iraan s Shi'ite state -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
made mexico a part of spain -
Period: 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
muslim state exercising dominion over most of india in the 16th and 17th century -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
over threw the ming empire, controlled parts of large parts of asia.