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Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation & directed voyages of exploration down the Western coast.
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Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic, establishing contact between the peoples of the Americas & the old world & the opening way to Spanish conquest & colonization.
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Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru.
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Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expidition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
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a military adventurer who laid the basis for the Mughal Empire, he did this by conquering nearby regions until 1526.
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Spanish explorer & conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.
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exchange of plants, animals, diseases & technologies between the Americas & the rest of the world following Columbus' voyages.
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The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion & other aspects of physics that by the 17th century had laid the groundwork for modern science.
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Iranian kingdom established by Ismail who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.
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Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church. It resulted in the "protesters" forming several new Christian denominations, including the Lutheran & Reformed Churches & the Church
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exercising dominion over most of India in the 16th century.
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An italian Jesuit priest. He is known as the "Servant of God" because he is one of the founding figures of the Jusuit China Mission.
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Father of Modern Science. Played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. Invented the telescope.
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The last three shogunates of Japan
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A religious conflict between the Protestants & Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. This involved most of the European countries.
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The last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu.
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A philosophical movement in 18th century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior & that were just as scientific as the laws of physics.
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Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages & technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.
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A trade between 3 regions in the Atlantic ocean. The best known trade in the triangular trade is the slave trade.
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Under her rule Russia was re-vitalized. Its administration improved and it kept modernizing by Western European lines. Thanks to her, Russia was known as one of the great powers.
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War between Great Britain and France in North America. It resulted in the Treaty of Paris.
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