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Period: Feb 23, 1483 to Jan 5, 1531
Babur
a military adventurer from Central Asia who rose to power at Kabul (present-day Afghanistan) after establishing his first kingdom in 1504. From there he built an army and conquered nearby regions until 1526, when he invaded the Lodi Afghan Empire of South Asia and laid the basis for the Mughal Empire.[1] -
Period: Feb 23, 1483 to Jan 5, 1531
Babur
Babur was a military adventurer from Central Asia who rose to power at Kabul (present-day Afghanistan) after establishing his first kingdom in 1504. From there he built an army and conquered nearby regions until 1526, when he invaded the Lodi Afghan Empire of South Asia and laid the basis for the Mughal Empire.[1] -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Old World and New World). It was one of the most significant events concerning ecology, agriculture, and culture in all of human history. Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492 launched the era of large-scale contact between the Old and the New Worlds that resulted in this -
Period: Apr 18, 1500 to
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Old World and New World). -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in Muslim history. This Shi'i dynasty was of mixed ancestry and Azerbaijani,which included intermarriages with Georgian] and Pontic Greek[26] dignitaries) and ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722. -
Period: Apr 18, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
One of the most significant ruling dynasties in Iran -
Period: Jan 1, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
an imperial power in South Asia that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent. It began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of India by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century.[4] The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids, a dynasty of Turco-Mongol ancestry, and at the height of their power around 1700, they controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent—extending from Bengal in the east to Balochistan in the west, Kashmir in the north to the Kaveri -
Period: Apr 18, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
an imperial power in South Asia that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent. It began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of India by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century.[4] -
Period: Oct 6, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci, SJ (October 6, 1552 – May 11, 1610; simplified was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission, as it existed in the 17th-18th centuries. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo
Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science". -
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Triangle Trade
Trade between Europe, Africa, and America. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.[2] This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was changed in 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration. -
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Thirty Year's War
War lasting thirty years between Britain and France. -
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Enlightenment
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Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last ruling dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 (with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917). It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China. -
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Creation of Colonies in the New World
New Colonists came from europe in order to escape persecution. -
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Peter the Great
ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. He carried out a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into a 3-billion acre Russian Empire, a major European power. -
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French-Indian War
Britain and France took the thrity years war to the colonies in America. -
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Catherine the Great
Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to modernize along Western European lines. Catherine's rule re-vitalized Russia, which grew stronger than ever and became recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. She had successes in foreign policy and oversaw sometimes brutal reprisals in the wake of rebellion