APWH Timeline-1450-1750 (Early Modern)

-(1543)suggested that the sun was the center of the universe
- the earth was just another planet

-Explorer/ Spanish conquistador
-conqueror of the Incan Empire

-circumnavigation of the world
-portuguese explorer

• 95 theses; attacked the sale of indulgences(1517)
• Protestant reformation
• argument reproduced by the printing press; could not recant

-Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• founder of The society of Jesuits (1540)

• last ruler of the incan empire

• Ottoman sultan -expanded the Ottoman empire

-Japanese Shogun
-expanded his territory; established central gov't

• Italian Jesuit missionary; in China

-used telescope to see the solar system
- Starry messenger; recants due to questionings of the teachings of the Catholic church

philosophe; social contract, right to absolute monarch

philosopher; all human knowledge comes from sense of perceptions

• The Sun King; french -absolute monarch
• large standing army -promoted economic development

-Chinese emperor
-Longest reign in Chinese history

Westernization of Russia

french philosopher
-prolific writer often used satire with writings
- religious liberty and individual freedom

one of the french philosophers of the enlightenment

enlightenment; laws of supply and demand determine price

longest ruling female leader of Russia