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Western Europe / Political
The significance of this event is that The Hundred Years' War was a time of rapid military evolution. Weapons, tactics, army structure and the social meaning of war all changed, partly in response to the war's costs, partly through advancement in technology and partly through lessons that warfare taught.
Soldiers who previously rode heavly armoured horses wore no amour and instead of staying on horseback got off and engaged the ememy. -
Economic / Western Europe
This event is significant because it was the motivator for the European age of exploration which led the eventual global domination of European nations. With the west end of the silk road controlled by muslims, the christians sought to find new trade routes in order to cirvumvent muslim controlled trade routes in the middle east. -
Western Europe / Social
The significance of his death is that the school he founded in 1418 was taken over by his nephew and Portugal would continure to advance in the siences and inovation. He eduated students on navigation, astromony, mathematics and more. -
Western Europe / Economic
This event was significant because he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route which expedited the process of Portugal establishing a maritime trading empire. -
West Africa / Social
This event was significant because Askia Muhammad Toure after the death of Sunni Ali who created a professional navy and army,His most important innovation was to open up the ranks of government service. Previously, the status of the leaders of the empire was determined upon the basis of birth. Under Askia Muhammad Toure, however, men could achieve high office based upon their scholarship and intellect regardless of their social position. -
West Africa / Economic
This is significant because it is the origin of the slave trade that rappidly boomed across the world. But another important thing to say is that as the African kings became wealthy they wanted more wealth so they wanted to conquer other Africans but could not. The European then gave them guns and they would try to conquer other African states but the Portugese gave guns to other Kings so that led to internal conflict and led to Africa having a massive fragmentation. -
Western Europe / Economic
This event is significant because Ferdinand and Isabella kicked out the muslims and jews which were the middle class leaving them with no one to tax. Thus they sent comlumbus on a voyage to find new trade routes and on his journey accidently discovered the americas and spain colonized them which led to Spain becoming a trade and world dominant power. -
This trade of new crops into the old world led Europe to have a massive population boom in which caused overpopulation and lucky for Europe the bubonic plauge came through and balanced out the population.
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Western Europe/ Social
This event is significant becaue although many benifits that came from the Americas came into cirulation it also had serious problems. It doubled Europe's population leading to overpopulation and with the bubonic plauge gone lead to a great famine. -
Religious / Western Europe
It not only showed how much power the pope and catholic church had over empires in Europe but it also set the stage for the spanish to dominate most of latin America and for the Portuguese to monopolize Indian Ocean trade -
Americas/ Social
The significance of this event for the Americas is the creation of multiple new ethnic / social classes which resulted in much of the cultural being influence by African culture such as dance and music. Europeans profited from this trade giving rise to a middle class and the bourgeoisie which would ironically argue for the rights of all men during the Enlightenment. -
Western Europe / Religious
This is significant because it occupied as a catalyst for the Protestant Reformation in which spread though the new printing press in Europe and spread rapidly and people began to see the church for what it was and reformed it and made a new church. -
South America/ Economic
The overthrow of the Aztec empire is important because he captured a multiude of wealth for Spain which also contributed to world domination of European nations. He also empoyed the tactic for the first time in Spainard history, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. -
Religious/ Western Europe
This event has significance because the advent of the Jesuits played a role in the counter reformation.were the most important element in the success of the Counter Reformation.They were also responsible for establishing Catholicism in China ,Japan,and Korea. -
Religious / Middle East
Akbar created his own syncretic religion the divine faith that drew on Islamic, Hindu and Zoroastrian beliefs. This religion pointed to the emperor as the leader of all faiths in the empire. Subsequent Mughal leaders fell under the sway of these conservatives and Akbar’s policy of toleration was abandoned. Hindu temples were destroyed. Religious tension reemerged as a big problem of the Empire. THis led to internal conflict which was a factor in the decline in the empire. -
Political /Western Europe
The Ottomans lost because they never put much of an emphasis on naval power, and thus becoming more of a land based empire. They chose instead to build there gunpowder empire, which was a fatal mistake as can be seen when the Spanish's superior navy demolished the Ottomans -
This represents the English's victory over the Spanish and what led to England becoming one of the most intellectual navigtors and innovators of sea wide travel in the world.
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Intellectual / Western Europe
This is significant because her reign of England is called the Elizabethan era in which english drama flourished. Playwrights such as William Shakespear and led to the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Francis Drake -
Western Europe / Intellectual
The significance of the deat of the Spanish Armada is really the aftermath of the event. Following the deafeat of the Spanish, England continued in afvancing in naval warfare and n the words of Geoffrey Parker, by 1588 'the capital ships of the Elizabethan navy constituted the most powerful battlefleet afloat anywhere in the world.' towards English domination of the New World and trade as without their fleet, the Spanish would find it harder to keep their foothold. -
East Asia/ Political
This event was significant because this allowed for Tokugawa to take over and form the Tokugawa Shogunate. He promoted foreign trade but in 1633 cut off trade with all other nations except for the Netherlands. This led to Japan's isolation from the world and were behind all the nations as they were westernizing. -
Middle East/ Political
whereas devshirme provided the footsoldiers for the army of the Ottoman Empire, its lost left a huge military gap to be filled which sadly wasnt going to be filled by the Janissaries who had already started their transition to a merchant class, this added to the decline of the Ottoman Empire -
It left a major gap as the Janissaries wouldn't fill it due to their transition into a merchant class leaving the Ottoman Empire weak and contributed to the downfall.
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South Asia / Art
This event is significant because the Taj Mahal's design incorporates elements of Islamic, Turkish, Persian and Indian architecture. This was bulit as a tomb and drained the economy. -
This showed France's great power and status upon the world. It also showed the wealth France aquired from trade such as the silver that came from the Peru mines in South America.
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Western Europe / Arts
This event was significant because it potrayed the weath, power, and status of the French nation. It showed the absolute power the French had over the people and trade. -
As Peter interacted with the Europeans he wanted to westernize Russia and with this expanded eastward. He allowed Russia to come back into trade somewhat.
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Middle East/ Political
The significance of this event is he brought Russia from the rubble and advances Russia by westernizing the nation. He utalizes guns and bacially follows the western nations.Je expanded eastward as he advanced his country. He makes Russia not so backwards as they will also play a part in the global trade network. -
Sub-Saharan Africa/ Economic
This is significant because it led to major global wealth of European nations as slaves worked plantations for material like cane and such. -
Art/ Western Europe
This event is significant because it cause people to think in news perspectives and new ways, but also brought about now styles of art. This is when you see 3 dimensional art beigns to appear and spread throughout the world. -
Intellectual / Western Europe
The Enlightenment allowed people to look at situations, both scientific and philosophical, in a more rational way. The Enlightenment helped to set up theories and laws that were proven to be true. These theories and laws became known to all people and became the basis for thinking. -
Intellectual/ North America
The invention of machinery drastically changed the methods of production. First, there was a change from the slower and more expensive production by hand to the quicker and less costly production by machine. machines made possible the growth of democracy, the strengthening of nationalism, the increase of world population, the growth of cities, the development of new recreational facilities, and the increase in volume and variety of goods. -
Art/ Middle East
This event was significant because it showed the effects on Russia from Peter being influenced by western culture. He then westernized all of Russia and made them wear tights and cutt their beards off.
