1450-1750 Flashcards
(20 cards)
0
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1450s
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Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg)
1
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1453
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Ottomans capture Constantinople
2
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ca 1480s
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Height of Aztec Empire
3
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1488
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Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope
4
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1492
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Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
5
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1502
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1st African Slaves to Americas
6
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1517
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Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation
7
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1521
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Cortez conquered the Aztecs
8
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1529
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1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (under Suleiman)
9
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1533
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Pizarro toppled the Inca
10
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1545
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Discovery of silver at Potosí
11
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1571
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- Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat)
- 1st Manila Galleon (global trade)
12
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1588
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Spanish Armada
13
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1600
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Battle of Sekigahara (beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate)
14
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1607
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Foundation of Jamestown
15
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1618-1648
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30 Years War
16
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1644
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End if Ming/beginning of Qing Dynasty
17
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1653
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Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)
18
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1683
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2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mehmed IV)
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1689
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Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
