Unit 4 Timeline Flashcards
Polynesian settlement of Pacific islands
300 BCE-1000 CE
Polynesian have sporadic contacts with American mainland
By 1000
Polynesian societies in Hawaii, Tonga, and elsewhere develop clear class structure with hereditary chiefs
1200-1300
Magellan expedition
1519-1522
Viking voyages
770-1200
European settlement of Madeira, Azores, Canaries
1300s
Mali voyages in the Atlantic Ocean
Early 1300s
Voyages of Henry the Navigator
1418-1460
First enslaved people from West Africa sent to Europe
1440s
Portuguese at Gold Coast and Kongo
1482
Portuguese at Benin
1486
Bartolomeu Dias reaches Indian Ocean
1488
Columbus reaches Caribbean
1492
Spanish conquer Hispaniola
1492-1500
Columbus returns to Caribbean (second voyage)
1493
Columbus reaches mainland of South America (third voyage)
1498
Cabral reaches Brazil
1500
Cortés conquers Aztec Empire
1519-1521
Pizarro conquers Inca Empire
1531-1533
Rebellion of Manco Inca in Peru
1536
Development and integration of Southeast Asian maritime markets
350-1000
Voyages of Zheng He
1405-1433
Vasco da Gama reaches India
1497-1498
Portuguese bombard Swahili Coast cities
1505
Portuguese take Goa
1510
Portuguese take Malacca
1511