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Period: Feb 8, 1299 to
Ottoman Dynasty
The sultan was the sole and absolute regent, head of the state and head of the government of the empire. -
Period: Feb 8, 1340 to
Songhay Empire
It was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century Songhai was one of the largest Islamic emoires in history. -
Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
He was responsible for the early devolpment of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. -
Feb 10, 1450
Beginning of Portuguese slave trade
As the Portuguese extended their influence around the coast, Mauritania, Senagambia and Guinea, they created trading posts. Rather than becoming direct competitors to the Muslim merchants, the expanding market opportunities in Europe and the Mediterranean resulted in increased trade across the Sahara. -
Period: Feb 8, 1451 to Feb 8, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
At the age of 21 he conqured Constinople and brought an end the Byzantine Empire transferring the Ottoman state into and empire. -
Period: Feb 8, 1464 to Feb 8, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was the first king of the Sonhai Empire. During his reign Songhai surpassed the height if the Mali Empire. -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther
He strongly dispusted the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but recieved only as a free gift from Gods grace through faith in Jesus Christ as reedemer for sin. -
Feb 10, 1487
Dias' voyage into India Ocean
He is thought to be the first European to go around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean. -
Feb 10, 1492
Columbus first voyage
This resulted in what is considered by European Americans as the Discovery of America. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered by Christopher Couloumbs and other 15th century voyagers. -
Period: Feb 8, 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
It was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one the greatest Persian empires after the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official relgion of their empire, marking it one of the most important turning points in Muslim history. -
Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564
John Calvin
he was an influential french theoligian and pastor during the protestant refornmation. -
Period: Feb 8, 1519 to Feb 8, 1521
Spanish conquest of Mexico
Hernado Cortez with an army of only 500 men overththrew the wealthiest, most sosphicated, and most powerful empire on the American continent. -
Period: Feb 8, 1520 to Feb 8, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
It was the tenth and longest reigning emperor, Sultan, of the Ottoman Empire. He personally inatituted legislative changes relating to society, taxiation, education and crinminal law. -
Period: Feb 8, 1526 to
Mughal Dyansty
The Mughal emperors were Muslims and direct decendants of Genghis Khan through Chagati Khan and Timur. -
Sep 27, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
it is a Christian male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. -
Period: Feb 10, 1545 to Feb 10, 1563
Council of Trent
it was an Ecumencial Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is cinsidered to be one of the churchs most important councils. -
Period: Feb 8, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
He was only 14 years old when he succeeded his father. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
He was an Italin physict, mathmatican, astronmer, and philospher who played a major role in the Scientific Revoultion. -
Period: Feb 8, 1572 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
Wanli ascended the throne at the age of 9. His rule of forty-eight years was the longest in the Ming Dynasty and it witnessed the steady decline of the dynasty. -
Spanish Armada
it was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidnoia in 1588 with the intetion of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England. -
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tokugawa Shougunate
it was a feudal Japenese military government. The heads of the government were the shoguns. -
Period: to
Thirty Years' War
It was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe. Initally it was fought largely as a religous war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, Gradually it devolped into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of the time. -
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John Locke
He is widely known as the Father of Classical Liberialism, he is regarded as one of the most influential Enlightment thinkers. -
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Qing Dynasty
It was preceeded by the Ming dynasty and followed by the Republic of China. The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Asian Gioro clan in contemporary Northeastern China. -
Peace of Westphalia
It was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in Osnabruck and Munster. -
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Seven Years' War
The war was driven by the antagonism between Great Britain and and Bourbons resulting from overlapping interests in their colonial and trade empires. -
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Haitian Revolution
It was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint- Domingue which culminated in the elimnation of slavery there and the founding of the haitian Republic. -
End of the British slave trade
The Slave Trade Act of 1807 is what ended the British slave trade. The Act was Act of Parliment made in the United Kingdom.