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Period: Jan 1, 1420 to Jan 1, 1460
Henry the Navigator
His explorations included the Madeira Islands, rounded Cape Bojador, Cape Blanc, Cap Vert, the Gambia River, and Cape Palmas. -
Period: Jan 1, 1451 to Jan 1, 1506
Christopher Columbus
He was an Italian Spanish navigator. He sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean because he wanted to find an easier route to reach Asia, but instead found America. -
Period: May 2, 1460 to May 2, 1524
Vasco Da Gama
He was a portuguese explorer. He was the first to sail directly from Europe to India during the age of discovery. -
Period: May 2, 1478 to
Scientific Revolution
A period of new ideas, and modern science. It began in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance. -
Period: May 2, 1478 to May 2, 1541
Francisco Pizarro
He was a spanish conquistador. He conquered the Inca Empire, and he's the founder of Lima which was the modern day Republic of Peru. He "discovered" the Incan Empire. -
Period: May 2, 1480 to May 2, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese Explorer. He was the first explorer to sail from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. He also was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean. His team was the first to complete a circimnavigation of the Earth. -
Period: May 2, 1483 to May 2, 1531
Babur
He was a military explorer from Asia. He laid the bases for the Mughl Empire. -
Period: May 2, 1485 to May 2, 1547
Hernando Cortes
He was a Spanish explorer. He as famous for conquering the Aztex Empire in Mexico. -
Period: May 2, 1500 to
Columbian Exchange
A trade of slaves, culture, diseases, and ideas between the Western and Eastern Hemishpheres. -
Period: May 2, 1500 to
Safavid Empire
One of the most significant rulling Emprie of Iran. It made Shia'Islam as the official religion of their country which was a huge turning point in muslim history. -
Period: May 2, 1500 to
Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade
Fish and lumber from New England to West Indies. West Indies to West Africa they took rum, and guns which they traded for slaves. -
Period: May 2, 1517 to
Protestat Reformation
It was the European Christian reform movement that established Protestantism as a branch of Christianity. -
Period: May 2, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
in South Asia. Ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent. -
Period: May 2, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
In South Asia, Ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent. -
Period: May 2, 1564 to
Galileo
He was italian. He played a major role in the scientific revolution. He was called the father of modern science. -
Apr 30, 1565
Creation of first colony in the New world
It was what is now Florida, and it was colinized by the Spanish. -
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Tokuga Shogunate
Japanese feudal regime. Introduced Neo-Confucianism. -
Period: to
The Thirty Years War
A huge war throughout central Europe. House of Austria (the habsburg) vs. danish, dutch, france, and sweden. It was in Germany. It was also a German Civil War for people for or against the habsburg. It was also a religious war among catholics, lutherans, and calvinists. -
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Qing Dynasty
The last ruling Dyansty of China. After it ended came the republic of China. -
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Peter the Great
He ruled the Russian Empire. He had a modernization and expansion policy that made Russia into the Russian Empire, -
Period: to
Catherine the Great
Was empress of Russia because of her husband assasination until her death -
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Enlightenment
It was an era which rejected traditional views and was for new ideas and science. It believed to have ended with the French revoloution. -
Period: to
French and Indian War
A series of wars between the British and French. In Europe and spread to North America. The cause was because the British wanted to take over french territory in North America and the fur trade. At the end the peace treaty of 1763 gave the British most of the Franch land in North America.