Period 3 - 1450 CE to 1750 CE (Early Modern Period) - Columbian and hemispheric exchange, gunpowder empires
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1400-1450 | Italian Renaissance, Great Zimbabwe at its peak. |
| 1415 | Portuguese seize Morocco |
| 1438-1533 | Inca Empire |
| 1454 | Gutenberg Bible printed |
| 1462-1505 | Ivan III unites Russia |
| 1482 | Japan invades Korea |
| 1492 | Christian reconquest of Spain, Columbus reaches the Caribbean |
| 1520 | Cortes conquers Aztec Empire |
| 1533 | Pizarro conquers Inca Empire |
| 1644 | Qing Empire begins in China |
| 1545 | Catholic reformation begins |
| 1550 | Scientific revolution begins |
| 1607-1640 | England and France found colonies in Americas |
| 1640's | Expansion of transatlantic slave trade |
| 1618-1648 | 30 years War |
| 1683 | Last Ottoman siege of Vienna |
| 1688 | England's Glorious Revolution |
| 1700-1800 | The Enlightenment |
| 1701-1714 | War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1712 | Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg |
| 1720's | Rise of kingdom of Dahomey |
| 1718-1730 | Tulip Period of Ottoman Empire |
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