History

Europe

High Middle Ages

1000 - 1300

Crusades

1095 - 1096

Renaissance

1300 - 1600

Black Death

1320 - 1350

Gil Eannes

1434 - 1435

sailed past cape bojador

Bartholomieu Dias

1487 - 1488

sailed south until he reached cape of good hope

Christopher Columbus

1492 - 1493

discovered the best route to the americas

Vasco da Gama

1497 - 1498

reached Calcutta (india)

Ferdinand Magellan

1519 - 1520

sailed from spain all the way to the phillipines until he was killed

India/Middle East

Mongol Empire

1200 - 1300

Dehli Sultanate

1206 - 1526

Ottoman Empire

1299 - 1922

Safavid Empire

1501 - 1722

Mughal Empire

1525 - 1757

Americas

Aztec Empire

1427 - 1521

Inca Empire

1438 - 1533

China

Pre-Song China

500 - 960

Song Dynasty

960 - 1279

Ming Dynasty

1368 - 1644

Quing Dynasty

1644 - 1911