Important Dates Flashcards
The Rise of Fuedalism in Japan
12 Century
Rise of Kingdom of Mali
1200
Reign of Genghis Khan
1206-1227
Founding of the Yuan Dynasty
1271
Founding of the Ottoman Empire
1281
Italian Renaissance
1304-1374
Spread of Bubonic Plague
1320-1340s
Rise of Aztec Empire
1325
Rise of Inca Empire
1350
Beginning of the Ming Dynasty
1368
Swahili States Flourish
1400
Zheng He Voyages
1405-1433
Start of Atlantic Slave Trade
1441
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
1453
Colombus Expedition
1492
Vasco de Gama reaches India
1498
Commercial Revolution in Euorpe
16th Century
Start if Protestant Reformation
1517
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
1524
Founding of the Mughal Empire
1526
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
1533
Beginning of Russian Empire
1552
Founding of Manila (world trade system)
1571
Scientific Revolution
1600-1690
Founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate
1603
Beginning of Japanese Isolation
1640s
Louis XIV in France (absolute monarchy)
1643-1715
Founding of the Qing Dynasty
1644
Dutch Boers colonize South Africa
1652
Peter the Great: Westernization of Russia
1689-1725
The Enlightenment
18th Century
Seven Years’ War
1756-1763
British East India Co. controls India
1764
Beginning of Industrial Revolution
1770