World History 1500-Present

Europe

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500

Pre-1500
Politcally fragmented
Limited credit and use of money
Tax farming/taxes collected in grain and service

Russia

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500

Pre-1500
Focused on competition with Europe

Asia

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500

Pre-1500
World center- Mongols
Trade
Agrarian economy
Large demographic collapse
Not monetized
Limited consumption

Americas

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500

Pre-1500
Stone age
Isolated Economy
Advanced writing and math

Africa

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500

Pre-1500
Well connected to the Asian world and trade

The Ming Empire

Period: Jan 1, 1368 to Jan 1, 1644

Zheng He's Voyages

Period: Oct 19, 1405 to Oct 19, 1433

Henry the Navigator Voyage

Period: Oct 19, 1418 to Oct 19, 1460

Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople

Jan 1, 1453

Dias Voyages

Period: Oct 19, 1487 to Oct 19, 1488

Vasco de Gama Voyages

Period: Oct 19, 1491 to Oct 19, 1498

Columbus "Discovers" America

Oct 19, 1492

Gold is discovered in Hispaniola

Oct 19, 1502

Conquest of Aztecs Complete

Oct 19, 1521

By 1525 Spanish control Meixco through New Mexico

Oct 19, 1525

Pizarro seizes Emperor Atahualpa

Nov 16, 1532

Europe

Period: Oct 19, 1550 to Oct 19, 1600

Dynastic feuding and internal instability
Growth in maritime trade and seafaring skills

Asia

Period: Oct 19, 1550 to Oct 19, 1600

Ottomans lose powerful central authority
Mughals controlled by Akbar, united Indian subcontinent, mansabdars formed

Akbar's reign

Period: Oct 19, 1555 to Oct 19, 1605

Asia

Period: Oct 19, 1600 to Oct 19, 1650

China:
Manchu Dynasty founded by Nurhaci in 1644
Emphasis on Confucian principles
Reversal of frontiet policy- northern buffer zone=stability in China

Europe

Period: Oct 19, 1650 to Oct 19, 1700

Serious economic competition in New World
Lack of New World central authority
Age of Equilibrium (no power in Europe strong enough to take over)
Mercantilism