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Period: Aug 19, 1340 to
Songhay Empire
The Songhai Empire was relatively big, and pushed its domination into the Sahara from the south. They had brought in their wealth from the trans-saharan traded and was ruled by an indigenous Muslim dynasty. Invaded by the North Western kingdom of Morocco whcich overpowered the Songhai's army. -
Period: Nov 22, 1340 to
Ottoman Dynasty
Empire was founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia during 1299. The conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453 - the Ottoman state is established an empire. -
Period: Dec 17, 1394 to Dec 17, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Describe to have no luxuries, not avaricious, speaking with soft words and calm gestures, a man of many virtues who never allowed any poor person leave his presence empty-handed.Opened schools for edutcation for grammar, navigation, math, rhetoric, logic, music and astronomy. -
Dec 17, 1441
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
Henry the Navigator established a slave market in 1445.Slaves were brought back to Portugal.By 1455, 800 Africans were brought to Portugal annually. -
Period: Dec 17, 1444 to Dec 17, 1446
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Had ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to September 1446, then again from February 1451 to 1481. Also had conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire. He founded many universities and colleges in the city (some still in use).Recognized as the first Sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law. -
Period: Dec 17, 1464 to Dec 17, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was the King of Songhay during it’s growth into the largest, most powerful empire in West Africa. Ali was feared by his enemies because of his great military power and revered by his people who called him, Ali the Great. -
Period: Dec 17, 1483 to Dec 17, 1546
Martin Luther
He was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and played a major role in the Protestant Reformation.He had taught that the entrance to salvation was based solely on faith in God. -
Apr 10, 1487
Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean
Dias leaves Portugal, aand heads South. towards the southern tip of Africa, his idea was to get to India and China. -
Oct 18, 1492
Columbus's First Voyage
This is the beginning of his great adventure where he was planning on finding a more faster route to Asia (India and China). He is credited as the founder of the New World. -
Dec 17, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, and Spanish nobleman, that helped to stem the Protestant help and win back some adherent through their teaching and preaching. The activities of this new religious order were very important to the Catholic Reformation. -
Period: Dec 17, 1501 to
Safavid Dynasty
They used land grants to support its cavalry. The population spoke several languages. Had also focused on land instead of sea. -
Period: Dec 17, 1509 to Dec 17, 1564
John Calvin
A French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology and was later called Calvinism. Argued that entrance to Salvation was predestined by God and was not determined by faith. -
Period: Dec 17, 1519 to Dec 17, 1521
Spanish conquest of Mexico
Cortés allied with a number of the tributaries and rivals of the Aztecs, including the Totonacs, and the Tlaxcaltecas.They had overrun the Aztec Civilization, whose popuation had decreased due to the disease of smallpox outbreak. -
Period: Dec 17, 1520 to Dec 17, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
One of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire remembered as a fierce conqueror of the Islamic Religion and while he was sultan, the Ottoman Empire reached it’s peak and prosperity. -
Period: Dec 17, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Emperors were Muslims and direct descendants of Genghis Khan through Chagatai Khan and Timur. It makes sense as Mughal was the Arabic word for Mongol. -
Dec 17, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, and Spanish nobleman, that helped to stem the Protestant help and win back some adherent through their teaching and preaching. The activities of this new religious order were very important to the Catholic Reformation. -
Dec 17, 1554
Council of Trent
A council that met at the city of Trent, in nothern Italy, in three sessions between 1545 and 1563.Distinguished proper Catholic doctrines from Protestant "errors." Pope's supremacy affirmed.Each diocese required to have a residential bishop and training hull for priests. -
Period: Aug 1, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Akbar was 13 years old when he inherited the Mughal throne. Was a descendant of Ghengis Khan.Significantly influenced art and culture in the country.He took great interest in the art of painting, and since that he had the walls of his palaces adorned with murals. -
Period: Dec 17, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. Made an improvement on the telescope. Has was given the name of the "father of modern observational astronomy". -
Period: Dec 17, 1572 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, beginning his rule at the age of nine. He was a very good ruler towards the beginning of his time but his work declined as time went on, witnessing the steady decline of the Dynasty. -
Spanish Armada
The Spanish fleet sailing against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia intending to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England, ending her involvement in the Spanish Netherlands. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Had established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.This period of time was known as the Edo period (named after capital city, Edo, Which is now modern day Tokyo) -
Period: to
Thirty Years' War
Time period of when European countries were on the search for power. Caused a loss of population as well as an economic decline. -
Period: to
John Locke
He had argued that the government was supposed to protect the people's rights. People were allowed to rebel if the government did not do so. Argued that rulers should be granted authority by the people and that rulers should be subject to law. Which had led to a civil rights movement, the government reforms. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
The Manchus family seizes China and formed the Qing dynasty. Advanced Chinese institutions and philosophy to higher level than Yuan Dynasty. -
Peace of Westphalia
The series of signed peace treaties that ended the Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Eighty Years war between Spain and the Dutch Republic. -
Period: to
Seven Years' War
A series of wars fought between France and England. England took the French capital of Quebec leading to the French forces in Canada to surrender and a peace agreement where France gave Canada to the English and Louisiana to Spain. -
Establishment of 1st colony in Australia
Australia was chosen by Britain to become the new colony of Great Britain after the Revolutionary War with the American colonies. Britain used convict labor to build up the infrastructure of the new colony instead of using slave labor. -
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Haitian Revolution
The French slave revolt in the French colony Saint-Domingue which eliminated slavery and founded the Haitian Republic. This is considered the most successful slave rebellion in the Americas and changed history for Africans in the New World. -
End of British Slave Trade
Britain banned slave trade and followed through by creating harsh fines for any slave found aboard a British ship. The Royal Navy then tried to stop other nations from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade because they found it equal to piracy.