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Period: Jan 17, 1299 to
Ottoman Empire
The empire was the true succesor to the Byzantine Empire and laid the ground work for the later country of Turkey. The Empire's greatest reign was during Suleiman the Magnificent's reign were he took the empire to new heights as a global superpower. -
Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
A nineteenth- century scholar dubbed "the Navvigator" because of his support for the study of geograpy and navigation in Portuguese. He later played an important role in Portuguese expeditions and expansion. -
Aug 8, 1444
Beginning of Portuguese slave trade
The first large cargo arrives at Libson with a cargo of African slaves begining the slave trade. -
Period: Aug 8, 1464 to
Songhai Empire
Established by Sonni Ali this empire rose to be the biggest in African history. -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1545
Martin Luther
Founder of Luthernasim, Martin Luther was a former monk and theologist that became a very huge icon during the protestant reformation. -
Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Mar 4, 1493
Colubus' First Voyage
The voage of Chirstopher Columbus discovering the Americas and proclaiming it the New World. -
Period: Jul 21, 1501 to
Safavid dynasty
The empire is reconginzed as one of the most significant dynasties in Persia and was deemed a gunpowder state. They also established the Twelver school of Shi'a. -
Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564
John Calvin
John Calvin was religious theologian who later founded the religion of Calvinism during the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Feb 18, 1519 to Aug 13, 1521
Spanish conquest of Mexico
A succesfull conquest of Tenochtitlan led by Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes. -
Period: Apr 20, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Most rembermed for the Taj Muhal, the dynasty was a prosperous time in India and in turth the last empire in India before the British would take over. -
Sep 27, 1540
Foundation of Socity of Jesus
Founded by ignatius Loyola the goal of the goal of this religous order was to spread the faith of the Roman Catholic Church across the globe. -
Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
A meetting to reform the catholic Church and to also secure reconiliation with the Protestants. -
Period: Feb 11, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Akbar literally meaning "the great" was one of the best emperores of the Mughal Dynasty in India who exapnded the empire and united the state. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was an important figure in the Scientific Revolution and is know for using the telescope to make detailed observation that would challenge old world wide established ideas to create modern science as we know today. -
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Spanish Armada
A fleet of at least 130 Spanish ships that were tasked to invade Engalnd but failed. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
The last feudal Japanese military government were the Japan was united and closed of from the rest of the world. -
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thirty Years' War
A sseries of wars in Europe that escalated from a conflict with the Protestants and Catholic states that quickly involved othe European powers. -
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John Locke
A political philosper who argued for reprenstative government and the rights of the people within a tyrancial government. -
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Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China. It later laid the ground work for modern China. -
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Seven Year's War
A conflict centered in two struggles. Briatian vs France and Spain; Persia vs its opponents. -
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James Watt perfects steam engine
James Watt perfects the Newcomen engine and pattens a new version in 1769 -
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Reign of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was ultimatley the last King of France remembered mainly for the lack of effectivness he gave to the finacial crsises in France that result into the french revolution. -
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American Revolution
A time of war when the thirteen orignal British colonies in America rebeled and declared independence from Britian to eventually from the United States of America. -
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French Revolution
A revolution in France that was fought over the effectiveness of the French government. The intial dispute began over a fincial crises and the lack of King Louis XVI to mend the situation. The revolution was resolved by Napolien as he united France. -
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Haitian Revolution
A revolution were native Haitians fought for indepedence from Spain and France. -
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Reign of Napoleon
Napoleon was ultimatley the person who united fence after its revolution and started the Napoleonic wars which scared many great european powers and brought France many great victories. -
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Wars of independence in Latin America
A chain of events involving many major Latin American colonies to gain independence. Intial date and end date relates to when Francisco Miranda placed the first Venezuelan flag to Boliva finally declaring its independence and becoming a seprate country. -
End of British salve trade
The Slave Trade Act officailly outlawed the slave trade in Britian and encouraged other European countries to pass simlar laws as well. -
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Congress of Vienna
A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance to resolve a peace settlement attempted to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France. -
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Opium War
A war between the Chinese and the British over limitations on trade and the importation of opium into China. -
Communist Manifesto published
Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles that dipicts thier theories and ideas on society and politics and prsents the potential future of Communism. -
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Suez Canal
The construction of the Suez Canal suported by Ismail and by a French company that eventually led to the modernization of Eygpt. It later played a big role in Euoprean and Eastern relations especially in the later Arb Revolt. -
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Taiping Rebellion
A massive rebellion by believers in the religious teachings of Hong Xiuquan. -
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Crimean War
A war between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turks. The war was a result of a dispute that argued over privileges of certain Christian shrines. -
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Sepoy Rebellion
An unsuccessful indian rebellion against the British rule as there presence slowly showed more in India as a result from the help of the East India Company. -
Origin of Species published
Depicts the theories of Charles Darwin of species evoloving and changing over time. -
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Meiji restoration
A period of time in Japan that restoreted impreal rule to the Emperor. -
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Berlin Conference
A conference held in Berlin, in the time of the African scarmble, to settle disputes and clarify borders. -
Indian National Congress Founded
Pollitical association that formed for Indian self- government. -
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Boer War
A south African War between Britian against the Organge Free State and the African Reuplibic to conquer the area in which the Africans popsesed. The war ened in the British wining and absorbing both republics. -
Boxer Rebellion
A upsriseing were a secret society dubbed by the west as the Boxers rebbeled and blamed China's errors or ills due to foriegners. -
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Russo- Japanese War
A war started over imperial ambitions for Manchuria and Korea between Russia and Japan. -
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Panama Canal
The US finacied construction of a canal that would insure a bosst in trading goods and economy as a result of neocolonialism. -
All- India Muslim League Founded
A political group designed to protect the rights of Indian Muslims. It would later play an important role in the movement to create a muslim nation at the time of the partition of British India. -
Henry Ford and assembly line
Henry Ford initiates the asembly line which is a method of proudcing products at a rapid rate. In Ford's case he issued the assembly line to increase the rate of production on automobiles.
