Major Developments European discovery of Americas creates a New Global Economy which begins a process of globalization Atlantic Trade Network (Triangular Trade) Atlantic Slave Trade Major Biological Exchanges (Columbian Exchange) New Empires in Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas Gunpowder Empires Colonial administrations Coercive labor systems Slave Systems Rise of Europe Scientific Revolution Enlightenment

Major Civilizations The Americas: Aztec, Inca Africa: Kongo, Benin, Oyo, Dahomey, Ashanti, Songhay East Asia: Ming, Qing, Tokugawa South Asia: Mughal

Continuities Existing trade routes continued to be important to global exchange No sweeping global cultural changes during this era No systematic changes in gender relations Spread of world religions continued Ex. Christianity to the Americas

Global Processes Triangular Trade Network (including Atlantic Slave Trade) Exploration European Colonization of the Americas Columbian Exchange

1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople

1488 Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope

1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue.

1502 African slaves begin to arrive in the Americas.

1517 Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses

1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs.

1533 Pizarro conquered the Incas.

1571 Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of the Ottomans)

1588 British defeat the Spanish Armada

1600 Battle of Sekigahara – beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate

Thirty Years War

1683 Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

Glorious Revolution & English Bill of Rights

Ottomans capture Constantinople

Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope

Columbus sails the ocean blue.

African slaves begin to arrive in the Americas.

Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses

Cortez conquered the Aztecs.

Pizarro conquered the Incas.

Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of the Ottomans)

Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of the Ottomans)

British defeat the Spanish Armada

Battle of Sekigahara – beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate

Thirty Years War

Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

Glorious Revolution & English Bill of Rights