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Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460
Henry the Navigator
He was the prince of the kingdom of Portugal. He became very interested in Africa and helped develope trade roots in Africa. This caused a expantion in trade for Portugal. -
Period: Oct 31, 1451 to May 20, 1506
Columbus
He completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean which helped populize the Americas. He was suported by the spanish when he thought he could sail westward to the east indies. -
Period: Jan 1, 1460 to Dec 24, 1524
da Gama
De Gama was the most successful Portuguese explorer during the age of discovery. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. -
Period: Jan 1, 1480 to Apr 27, 1521
Magellan
He worked with King Charles I of Spain to find a root to the spice islands. He was the first to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean in 1519-1522. -
Period: Jan 1, 1485 to Dec 2, 1547
Cortes
He was a spanish conquistador. Cortes' expodition caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and led to parts of Mexico to fall under the rule of the King of Castile. -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Columbian Exchange
It was widespread trading between the western world and the easternworld. They traded animals plants, culture, slaves, diseases, and ideas. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire was one of the most important dynasties of Iran. They established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion. -
Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
Led by Martin Luther and John Calvin the reformation proteested the Catholic Church. -
Period: Jan 1, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
it had a population of about 110 or 150 million people and covered an area ruftly about 3.2 million square miles. During this time they were focus a lot of Astronomy and new technological inventions. -
Period: Apr 30, 1526 to Dec 26, 1530
Babur
He was from Central Asia who became into power at Kabul. He established his first kingdom in 1504. -
Period: Jul 26, 1529 to Jun 26, 1541
Pizarro
He founded Lima and concored the Incan Empire. Pizzaro was a Spanish conquistador. -
Period: Oct 6, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
He was on of the people who helped found the Jesuit China Mission. Ricci was a n Italian Jesuit Priest who hold the title of Sevant of God. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo
He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher during the Scientific Revolution. He was often called the father of modern observational astronomy, modern physics, science, and modern science. -
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Scientific Revolution
It was a time period with many technological and scientific inovations, such as in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences. -
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Triangle Trade
It is the trading roots between America, Africa, and Europe (mostly Britian). Africa gave the slaves to the Americas, who then sent Europe raw materials, and then Eurpoe sold the finished products to Africa and the Americas. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family is the Tokugawa Shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan. It was established by Tokugawa leyasu. -
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Creation of Colonies in the New World
The new world started with the 13 colonies, for Britian. These colonies where, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence. -
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Thirty Years' War
It was fought mostly in presentday Germany by most of the countries in Europe. A large reason for the war was religious conflicts between Protestants andd Catholics. -
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Qing Dynasty
The Opium Wars took place during the rule of the Qing Dynasty, which was the last of China's dynasties. -
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Peter the Great
He ruled the Russian Empire and he was focused on moderization. He was also focused on expantion. -
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The Age of Enlightenment
It was a time of Western philosophy, intellectual, scientific and cultural life. It was simultaneously happening in Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the colonies on the Western Hemisphere. -
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French-Indian War
It was a war between Great Britian and France, that took place on American soil. France was help by the Native Americans (Indians) and therefore the war got its name. -
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Catherine the Great
She was the Empress of Russia and was married to Peter III. Because of her Russia expanded and modernized greatly. -
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Louis XVI
He was King of France. He was arrested during the French Revolution for high treason. -
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Marie Antoinette
She was the Queen of France and was married to Louis XVI. She was very disliked by the french people. -
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French Revolution
It was when the monarchy that controled France collapsed due to the people growing unhappy with the monachs. -
Storming of Bastille
It occorred in Paris at the prison, Bastill. At the time the prison only housed seven inmates. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
It was a document put into place as a result of the French Revolution that defined the individual and collective rights of all men. -
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Haitian Revolution
It took place in the French colony of Saint Domingue. The Haitians wanted to put an end to slavery in there society. -
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Napoleon
He was a very strong military and political leader for France during the French Revolution. He was also the Emperor of the French. -
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Congress of Vienna
It was a conference of ambassadors of European ststes that took place in Vienna, whos objective was to settle issues brought up by the French Revolution. -
Waterloo
It was when armies under the Duke of Wellington and Prussia fought an Imperial French army under Napoleon's rule.