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The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought over holy land. They fought for christians that were in a place were christianity was forbidden. They also reopened the mediterranean sea for travel and trade.
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The Renaissance is a period in time from the 13th to the 17th century. It is also called the rebirth of Europe, for it changed the culture of Europe
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The Hundred Years' War is a series of conflicts waged by the rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the Kingdom of France.
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It killed more than a 3rd of Europe's population. It caused the church to loose some power. Many money opportunities opened up because of so many deaths.
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The Ming dynasty began when Zhu Yuanzhang lead a rebellion which finally drove out the Mongols. He then made a new dynasty called the Ming Dynasty.
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Zheng He was a mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty. He was given command of the Chinese imperial fleet. He also led seven major expeditions from the China Sea past Sumatra to Ceylon, India, Arabia and East Africa.
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She heard voices in her head as a child. She also lead the french army in war. She died by the burning of the stake because she didnt follow the orders of the people who captured her.
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Johannes Gutenberg made many different things but one thing he made that changed the way we get news is the printing press. He also was the first to publish a Bible.
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The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire of one of the most powerful empires.
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Spanish Jews once constituted under Muslim and Christian rule, before they were forced to convert to Catholicism, be expelled, or be killed when Spain became united under the Catholic Monarchs.
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Columbus set sail from Spain to find an water route to Asia. More than two months later Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador
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Da Gama was the first European to reach India. He had to fight his way home when he was trying to return back home. He took to shore at the city of Calicut.
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America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Vespucci was a navigator that traveled to “the new world”. He realized that this new world was not part of Asia. Which came to be america.
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The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia. The Safavid ruled over one of the gunpowder empires and established the Twelve school of Shia Islam as the official religion of their empire.
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The Atlantic slave trade developed after Europeans began exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa. The slave trade was a time were slaves would come from Africa to work in hot, unfit, & dirty plantations to do the works of plantation owners.
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The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by Michelangelo the legend of Renaissance art.
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Martin Luthers 95 Theses was a list of questions and propositions for debate. He called out the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. He showed that indulgences were bad and unjust.
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Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route. He discovered what is known as the Magellan straight and he was the first european to cross the pacific. He showed that you could travel the world by sea and that the world was much bigger than what he expected.
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The Mughal Empire ruled most of India and Pakistan. It consolidated Islam in South Asia, and spread Muslim arts and culture as well as the faith.
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He led his army up the Andes Mountains and reached the Inca town of Cajamarca. Atahuallpa was the king of this kingdom and Pizarro the spanish conquistador raided the city and defeat Atahuallpa.
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This church was formed by the King of England. He wanted to remarry another female after his wife gave birth to a daughter and the pope refusing to let him get re married. He was in search of a son because all of his wives were giving him daughters.
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it positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths.
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The Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important councils. It reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs and made the ideals of the Catholic Reformation.
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King Philip II of Spain ruled one of the world's largest empires. His reign as Spain's king began the Golden Age. A period of great cultural growth in literature, music and the visual arts.
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She was the queen of England and Ireland. She was also called 'The Virgin Queen" because she had no kids. She was the last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty
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Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known in England for his involvement in turning England into a republican Commonwealth.
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Tokugawa Shogunate was the last feudal Japanese military government. They worked to close off Japanese society from Westernizing influences, particularly Christianity
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English men arrived in North America to start a settlement. They picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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King Louis XIV of France led an absolute monarchy during France’s classical age. He is known for his aggressive foreign policy. He reformed France from his own visions.
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The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was founded by the non-Chinese people of the Manchus. The Manchus used the techniques of the central government of the Ming empire to conquer China.
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The Leviathan was written partly as a response to the fear Hobbes experienced during the political turmoil of the English Civil Wars. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government.
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Peter the Great was a Russian czar who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation.
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European politics, philosophy, science and communications were over viewed during the course of the 18th Century. As part of a movement referred to as the Age of Enlightenment.
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Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized. Known more for her affairs of the heart than for affairs of state, she greatly expanded her country's empire. She also was the longest female to be leader.
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Congress endorsed a plan to draft a new constitution, but the document would not become binding until it was ratified by nine of the 13 states.
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The French Revolution is a period in the History of France in which the monarchy was overthrown and restructing was forced upon the Roman Catholic Church.
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The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution.
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After becoming first consul he reorganized his armies and defeated Austria. He established the Napoleonic Code and then after he established the French empire.
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Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe. He rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. Napoleon's army was defeated by a Army combined with Austrian, Prussian, Russian and Swedish troops. After he was defeated he retreated to France were later the coalition took over.
