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Period: Feb 8, 1299 to
Ottoman Dynasty
Turkish dynasty that ruled from the 13th century to its decline after World War I -
Period: Feb 8, 1375 to
Songhay Empire
The largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa -
Period: Mar 1, 1394 to Mar 1, 1460
Price Henry the Navigator
Famous for the voyages of discovery that he organised and financed, which eventually led to the rounding of Africa and the establishment of sea routes to the Indies. -
Jan 31, 1444
Beginning of Portuguese slave trade
Slave trading between africa, and Africa began -
Period: Feb 8, 1451 to Feb 8, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Mehmed ruled during the Siege of Constanople -
Period: Feb 8, 1464 to Feb 8, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Made major exansions to the Songhay Empire -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther
Created protestant church, because he believed that faith was the source to enlightenment with a theory of the Pope not having complete power. -
Jan 1, 1487
Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean
Dias is the first European to go around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean. After rounding the cape, his crew forced him to turn around and return to Portugal. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
Columbus departed from Castilian Palos de la Frontera with three ships. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, which were ruled by the Crown of Castile, where he restocked provisions and made repairs -
Mar 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. -
Period: Feb 8, 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
The dynasty that took control of Persia in the early 16th century, is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history. -
Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564
John Calvin
Theory of predestination and Calvinism -
Period: Feb 8, 1519 to Feb 8, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Cortez begins to explore Mexico and Central America -
Period: Feb 8, 1520 to Feb 8, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
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Period: Feb 8, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Mughal emperors were Muslims and direct descendants of Genghis Khan through Chagatai Khan and Timur (muslim empire) -
Jan 1, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen and it is committed to education and scholarship. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
Along with the Jesuits, they established a Counter-Reformation and included the Catholic Church into the government -
Period: Feb 8, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
The first Emperor of the Mugal dynasty the madet he dynasty economically established and made great expansions. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Sceintist, philosopher, astronomer during the Enlightenment period -
Period: Feb 8, 1572 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
Inattention to government affairs contributed to the abuses of power by provincial officials and other political figures that came to dominate that era of Chinese history. -
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada sailed from Spain in July 1588. The Spanish Armada's task was to overthrow protestant England lead by Queen Elizabeth I. -
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Tokuagawa Shogunate
A feudal military dictatorship in Japan and beginning of a centralized government -
Period: to
Thirty Years War
A series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. -
Period: to
John Locke
Widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers -
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Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty in China that took over after the Ming dynasty -
Peace of Westphalia
The European settlements of 1648, which brought to an end the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Dutch and the German phase of the Thirty Years’ War. -
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Seven Years' War
War of England and Russia against France and Austria Britain and Russia got the better of it -
Establishment of first colony in Australia
The first british colony in Australia -
Period: to
Haitian Revolution
The French fighting to stop the slave trade -
End of British Slave Trade
SLave trade ends in England