Important Events: Global Interactions

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  • Jan 1, 1450

    The Little Ice Age - Globally

    The importance of the LIA is that there were dramatic shifts between bitter winters and wet summers. Long droughts and cold weather would occur making bad harvests. It brought hunger and in some cases,starvation to millions. People were getting diseases much easier because they werent healthy. Civil unrest and violence occurred because of the little availability of food. Population declined and prices of food rose.
  • Feb 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople - Istanbul,South East Europe

    This event is important because it marks the end of the Byzantine Empire, the end of the Middle Ages. Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans. The Ottoman Empire became one of the most powerful empires. There was vast diversity of peoples, they were on the coast near the Black Sea which was good for trading
  • Jul 22, 1492

    Christopher Columbus' Voyage to the Americas

    The Columbian exchange brought new products to both the New World(Americas) and Old World(Europe). Goods/products such as apples,diseases,corn,tobacco,spices,livestock,plants,technology and ideas. The exchange heavily impacted the Native Americans due to them not being immune to the Europeans and they diseases they carried.
  • Oct 9, 1500

    The Atlantic Slave Trade - Americas, Europe, Africa and Caribbean

    The Atlantic Slave Trade occurred in the Atlantic, it involved The Americas, Europe, Africa and The Carribean. 10-20 Million slaves were forcibly moved from Africa to the Americas. About 15% of those slaves died due to the harsh conditions on the ships. The three main products grown by the institution of slavery was Sugar, Tobacco, and Coffee. Europe would usually trade metal tools, guns and textiles with Africa to get slaves. Slaves were treated harshly and cruel. They were seen as property.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    The Renaissance- Europe,France

    The Renaissance was an efflorescence of primarily visual arts , were literature, and ideas. The rebirth and revival of an older culture The art focused a lot on the human form. The rediscovery of Greek and Roman ideas in their writings. It witnessed the discovery of the discovery and exploration of new continents. Secularism, rationality, and individualism were commonly attributed to the Renaissance. It's art and learning barely affected the people of Europe, it only affected the rich.
  • Feb 22, 1517

    The Protestant Reformation - Europe

    The Reformation was more of a movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. It came with political changes, decades of rebellion and it strengthened Europe's Universities. It led to wider European literacy and eventually forced government to grant religious freedoms while at the same time being more a political revolution than a religious one. The church's corrupt ways were exposed to the general people.
  • Jul 11, 1519

    The Beginning of the Aztec Empire - Mesoamerica

    The Aztec Empire formed an alliance with 3 of the major cities. Their government was a heirachy with an emperor on top and unruly nobles beneath him. The Aztecs believed to appeased the gods the had to do human sacrifices to keep order. Soon enough the Aztec influence expanded over southern Mexico, Guatemala and the Yucatan; the ended up ruling 15 million people. They had chinampas which provided food for the city.
  • Nov 15, 1545

    The Discovery of Silver - Brazil

    Silver was found by the Spanish in Potosí, Brazil; more silver was found in the Carribean and Mexico. The conquistadors were actually looking for gold. Spanish adapteed the mita which is what the Incas used to build roads and public buildings to mine and process the silver. Spanish mines in the Americas produced over 150,000 tons of silver between the 16-18th centuries, 18% of the world's supply. Spain became the richest nation. Influx of Silver caused inflatation.

  • Formation of the Dutch East India Company - Europe, Netherlands

    The Dutch East India Company was one of the first capitalistic enterprises. It dominated the world trade for 50 years. It monopolized East Inda Trade. It functioned like a government but operated like a state within a state. The Company was successful due to government sponsorship and centralizatio. It used as much violence as needed to build and maintain trading.

  • The Enlightenment - Britain/France

    The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, the Century of Philosophy. The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions. This Enlightenment period was also known as the scientific revolution. It made people not only question the Enlightened thinkers but their rulers and belief in higher powers as well.