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The Ottoman Dynasty ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until its dissolution in 1922.
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The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa.
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Prince Henry the Navigator was an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire.
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Under this reign, criminal and civil laws were codified under one body of law. Mehmed the Conqueror also had eight libraries built.
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Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire.
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Portuguese begin to trade for slaves in Africa.
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Martin Luther was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. He disagreed with the idea that forgiveness could be purchased.
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Dias sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, and is thought to be the first to do so. He named this cape "Cape of Storms"
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Columbus sets out from Spain for his initial voyage. He took three ships, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina.
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This treaty drew a line between the Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World.
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It was strong enough to challenge the Ottomans to the west and the Mughals to the east. It was a theocracy.
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John Calvin was a French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism.
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The Spanish took over the Aztec Empire.
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Suleyman the Magnificent is seen as one of the greatest rulers of all time. At the beginning of his reign he performed many acts of kindness.
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Imperial power in the Indian subcontinent.
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Ignatious of Loyola and 6 others founded the Society of Jesus. They called themselves "Friends in the Lord" because they felt they were brought together by Christ.
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The Council of Trent was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is seen as the Catholic Church's most important councils, and for many it signifies the time when the church decided to fight back against the Reformation.
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Akbar's reign significantly influenced art and culture in India.
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Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
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Wanli's reign was the longest reigning monarch of the Ming Dynasty. This reign is considered to be one of the most prosperous in human history.
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The Invincible Fleet: The Spanish Armada's task was to overthrow protestant England lead by Queen Elizabeth I.
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Fuedal military dictatorship in Japan.
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A series of wars fought in central Europe, for various reasons. Some of the reasons include religious, territorial, and dynastical disputes.
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician. He is thought of as one of the most influential people of Enlightenment
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The last imperial dynasty of China.
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Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648.
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This war involved all of the great powers of Europe, including France, Austria, Sweden, etc. The reasons of this war were overseas struggles between Britain and France, and the Austrian Habsburgs trying to reclaim Silesia.
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This followed the American Revolution; because Britain lost America, they needed new land for colonization.
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The Haitian Revolution was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. This resulted in the abolishment of slavery
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Britain banned slave trade in 1807. Stiff fines were set if any slaves were found aboard any British ship.
