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1289 - 1923
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4.2: The Ottoman Empire was created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia, and expanded so much that it came to be one of the most powerful empires in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Empire lasted over 600 years and ended when it was it was replaced by the Turkish Republic in 1922.
1394 - 1460
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4.1: Prince Henry the Navigator improved transportation by improving ships, and sailed to China and India in order to trade his exports/imports. He started what was called a heterogeneous network, containing new navigation instruments, experts, and natural forces.
1440 - 1470
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4.1: The first system in the atlantic, which enslaved Africans, and brought them to Spanish and Portuguese colonies in South America. This made up about 3 percent of all of the Atlantic slave trade throughout history.
1451 - 1481
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4.2: Mehmed II's reign is well known for the religious tolerance with which he treated his subjects, he also united the old Byzantine administration into the Ottoman state. He first introduced the word Politics into Arabic "Siyasah" from a book he published and claimed to be the collection of Politics doctrines of the Byzantine Caesars before him.
1483 - 1546
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4.2: Martin Luther was known for being the person that sparked the Protestant Reformation in Europe. He is remembered as a controversial figure because his works led to significant religious reform and division, as well as being anti-semantic.
1487 - 1488
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4.2: Bartolomeu Dias set out on a voyage around the southern tip of Africa in means to find a trade route to India. In doing so, he reached the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic, becoming the first European explorer to do so.
1492 - 1493
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4.3: Columbus set sail looking for Japan, Asia, but instead sailed into the New World. He landed in an island in the Bahamas that he named San Salvador. Although he did not find spices or gold, he found new "unclaimed" land.
1501 - 1722
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4.2: The Safavid rule was an Iranian dynasty whose establishment of Shiite Islam was the state religion. The head of the Sufi order of Safaviyeh, Sheykh Safi al Din, exchanged their Sunni affiliation for Shism.
1509 - 1564
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4.2: John Calvin was known for being Martin Luther's right hand man within the Protestant Reformation. He made a large impact on the fundamental doctrines of Protestantism, and is also known for being a figurehead on the second generation of the protestant Reformation.
1520 - 1566
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4.2: Suleyman is regarded as the greatest Ottoman ruler. Istanbul was the largest city in Europe, and the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful empire in the world. It acted as a protector for France and Poland and received praise from India and Sumatra, asking for Ottoman help in fighting the Portuguese in Asia.
1526 - 1707
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4.2: The Mughal Dynasty gained power in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan for about 200 years. The Empire began to fall when the British established a presence there, transforming it into the Raj.
1540
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4.2: To be within the Society of Jesus was to be a Jesuit, founded by a Roman Catholic man named St. Ignatius of Loyola. This Society was regarded for its attention to education, missionary department, and charitable works. This was though of as a part of the Counter-Reformation, a step towards modernizing the church.
1542 - 1605
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4.2: Akbar I reconquered the empire and consolidating it by providing control over its frontiers and, supporting it with firm administrative machinery. He received unstinting support from the regent, Bayram Khan, who lent support to Akbar until 1560.
1545 - 1563
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4.2: The Council of Trent was an important ecumenical councils of the Roman Catholic Church. It was prompted by the Protestant Reformation, and is described as the "Counter Reformation".
1564 - 1642
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4.2: A renowned musician, scholar and philosopher, Galileo Galilei was known for his work in mathematics, as he is remembered for his discovery of the rules that govern the motion of pendulums, making a significant contribution and advancement to physics at the time.
1632 - 1704
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4.2: John Locke studied logic, metaphysics, classics, and medicine, all contributing to his future title as a leader of enlightened thoughts, naming him the "Father of Liberalism". His ideas not only influenced the European Enlightenment, but the US Constitution. His ideas were based upon his personal religious philosophy, that God gave humans intellectual ability to achieve salvation.
1644 - 1912
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4.3: The last imperial age in China was overthrown by the Manchus, when the Qing Dynasty collapsed. The Taiping rebellion struck in the mid 19th century, but British and French troops intervened before it got away from them.
1756 - 1763
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4.2: The Seven Years War was the last major confection prior to the French Revolution, that involved all strong european forces. The war arose out of the Austrian Habsburg's trying to win back the power held in the province of Silesia. This had been taken from them by Frederik II of Prussia during the war if the Austrian Succession in 1740.
1788 - 1850
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4.3: During the early colonial period in Australia, a fleet of British ships arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, and established the first penal colony. This allowed for more exploration for the British within the scientific calm, and would later establish more colonies.
1807
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4.2: Abolitionists with support persisted the slave trade, being backed by Lord Grenville, who said that the trade was "contrary to the principles of justice, humanity and sound policy". The bill was passed with 41 (majority vote) to 20, entering itself in the statue books. While it was now illegal to traffic trade throughout British colonies, slave trade still went on within the Caribbean until 1811.