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The Early Modern Period is a time of change, and consists of many power shifts among the hegemony of the world in all categories. This shift was increasingly affect by colonialism and mercantilism, heavily supporting nations with more trade access and other means of leveraging these methods. Furthermore, many technological advances that helped human quality of life improve occurred during this time, bringing luxury goods to the majority of the middle and upper class in quantities that of which the likes have never been seen before.

(Sorry its a few hours late, I had a dentist appointment)

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The EMP was defined by the development of proto-globalization and its influence over economical structures that result in lasting change of trade. In practice this made the world a lot smaller, connecting parts of the world that were once foreign and now is made familiar.

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The EMP is characterized from a transition to global commerce as well as European influence. Helped diffusion of cultures and development of countries.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized as a period of trade, expansion, and development. It was a period of transition from "medieval" to "modern". Though many countries in many areas expanded, the continents of Europe and Asia were prime areas of development and expansion, as seen by Europe's colonization of the Americas and Asia's Silk Road, which was a major trade network spanning Asia.

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The Early Modern Period of 1450-1750 was an era characterized by a rapidly globalizing world driven by innovations that made efficient overseas travel possible. The world saw the development of maritime empires and the creation of a global economy.

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The early modern period was characterized by the interconnectedness of the world, the sudden growth and expansion that came with that, and the new identities groups of people created for themselves. The silk road and maritime trade made regions far apart dependent on each other, and empires like the Mongols defined the area by forcing certain groups to advance militarily and economically to survive. The world became compressed, and global powers from many different regions, China, Western Europe, Ottomans, came in direct contact with one another and competed for power. Da Gama’s voyage from Portugal to the West Indies was an inflection point because it brought European powers in contact with East Asians, opening up many opportunities for future powerhouses like England, France, and the Netherlands.

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The Early Modern period was a time in history when the interconnectedness of multiple civilizations across the globe began to skyrocket.  In particular, a result was increased trade between Europe and Asia, impacting and shaping the culture of Asia as empires began to blossom. The medium for this interconnectedness often took the form of trade routes or colonization

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The Early Modern Period is characterized by the expansion and globalization of new advancements and growth of technology, trading and expansion. Through trading, many colonies and nations expanded their reign of power. It was a constant fight for power amongst the world, resulting in few winners and many losers.

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The Early Modern Period can be best characterized as an era of expeditious and rapid globalization and commercialized growth, where the transregional trade network was redefined.

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The Early Modern Period was a time with many new empires in Asia and religious conflicts specifically in India. Empires were colonizing and building themselves up for power over territory, commerce, or military power. Within these empires were different religions and cultures connecting and creating conflicts.

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The EMP was a shift in the global economy coupled with rapid exploration. Processes of Globalization and Westernization highlight the shift in European interest. This shift we can observe moves from Asia to the Americas.

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The Early Modern Period was transitional. It was early in the respect of traditional agriculture still dominating the most advanced economies. It was modern in the sense of renewed emphasis on political structure. The transitions of this period include the silver trade making the first truly global trade network by connecting the Americas to Asia. It also marked the end of pastoralized nomads as competitors to settled agricultural civilizations and as a player on the historical stage.

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The EMP was a time of constantly changing winners and losers of globalization. Power shifted through interaction between nomads and sedentary empires. Empires grew by trading and increasing their wealth while other powers developed their military and conquered territory.

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The Early Modern Period can be best characterized by a shift in paradigms of international affairs and globalization. During the Early Modern Period, countries became increasingly interested in connecting with people outside of their borders, even those that are thousands of miles away.

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The EMP was a time bridging the "medieval" world with the "modern" world, therefore being called the "Early Modern" period. It was a time for global changes and truly started to form the global interconnectedness in the world today. The European rise to power and expansions in the East would have a variety of consequences, ranging from political influence and the spread of religions to resistance from Asia. We can also start to see the start of global trade routes.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized by a great change in the way countries communicate and interact with each other. This can be seen by the increase in trade, the spread of religion and new emerging empires throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. An example of this can be seen in the Colombian exchange where crops, animals, and diseases were spread. This greatly affected the native population.

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The EMP can be characterized as a period where there were numerous technological and economical advancements. Many countries expanded their empire through trade routes as well as colonization of the Americas. This was when superpowers truly began to spread their power throughout the world.

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The EMP was a time of new discoveries, advances, and conflict. The EMP brought globalization because of the columbian exchange. This brought people, religions and food together . They also brought diseases that helped the Europeans expand throughout. The Europeans began to colonize different places like the Americas and Africa that helped in trade around the world.

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the early modern period  is a period that can be characterized as a very energetic, and broad expansion filled with innovation and processes thought the world that feels to be fueled from Asia.

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The EMP was a period of time that is characterized through trade and expansion and shows globalization and interconnectedness, which can also be represented and found in artifacts and art made in the EMP.

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The EMP is characterized by global innovation. Europe and Asia developed many inventions that they wanted to share on a global scale. Many countries around the world expanded to the global scale. Also, the EMP expanded the thought of global interconnectedness. With more trade and innovation creates a more connected world.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized as a time of expansion and development of technological advancements as well as a time of economic prosperity and trade. Countries expanded their empires through trade which resulted in wealth for many countries, but also caused poverty and a worse quality of life for some others. As trade routes expanded, the spread of religion and cultures, often resulting in syncretism.

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The EMP can be characterized by looking at a rise of several new trends in global interconnectedness and growth, including: columbian exchange, spread of Christianity, the growth of world powers, and the Enlightenment as well as looking at the expansion of countries and new power. Many countries tried to reach out and spread their views such as Europe spreading Christianity. Others were more focused on trading and colonizing to grow such as much of Asia. the period was driven by expansion and need for power.

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The EMP is characterized by massive movement by many countries. By expanding their enterprises, they went into other countries and increased the spread of their trading, armies, and in some cases even religion. New technological advancements were made because new nations were interacting, and economies were boosted with the introduction of new materials.

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The early modern period can be characterized as a time of rapid expansion and technological growth. This is exemplified by the silk road and the discovery of America. The early modern period is the time period where the East and West begin to culturally connect.

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The Early Modern Period is characterized by trade networks such as the Silk Road, which spread many religious ideas. In addition, there were expanding empires controlling these trade networks. As European empires such as the Ottomans expanded, they took control of many Asian trade networks, which helped expand their power far beyond the borders of the European continent. Eastern Asia empires had grown rapidly as they were more connected with Europe on trade routes, which created a global interconnectednes.

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The Early Modern Period was a time of big changes and globalization. It was characterized by trade, expansion and innovations. It was a time that created a connection between countries and created syncretism. It happened between Europe and Asia. They created and destroyed empires.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized by the expansion of Europe to the new world through maritime travel. This led to processes like the Colombian exchange and the Atlantic Slave trade. This also led to the world becoming more western and led to the spread of Christianity, disease in the new world, and colonization. It allowed for Europe to become a major player in the scheme of the world.

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The EMP can be characterized by the increase in trade networks that spread religion and culture throughout Europe and Asia and by the expansion of European influence.

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The EMP was a period that can be characterized by a period of expansion and connection. Specifically revolutionary technology that affected and caused the ability for powers to expand. Advancements of Maritime technology was the pathway to globalization through extensive trade routes and exchanges.

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The EMP is characterized by the desire for trade combined with rapid development of new trade routes and new technological advances beginning an age of greater interconnectedness and proselytism.

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The EMP was characterized by expansion through developments such as the Indian Ocean Trade Network and Military Advancements. Through these developments, globalization was a given, because of the diversity in the Indian Ocean Network, and military advancements allowed for the conquering of states and cities. An example of military advancements or use would be in the Qing Dynasty, the military effort to control multiple religions under their force. Syncretism was a product of globalization.

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The EMP was both a time of economic prosperity and a time of violent conflict. The global economy expanded to include Europe, increasing overall wealth in many places, including Europe and Asia. However, indigenous populations in Asia and the Americas were often brutalized in efforts to gain resources.

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The EMP was characterized by the expansion of big empires across the world and trade networks. European countries expanded their empires in both directions, to the West and Asia. They took control of Asian trade networks in order to expand their own power and wealth. Asian countries as well made themselves into an imperial power by expanding their own empires.

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I characterized the EMP with the expansion of religion (Proselytism) and militarization. The examples I used for Proselytism were  Kaozheng and Sikhism, these movements represented the development of more unifying ideologies and the bridging of previous gaps.  For militarization I talked about how the European powers conquered countries with natural resources, like the Dutch East Indian company taking the salt islands, in order to combat their lack of natural resources.

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The EMP was a period characterized by the rapid globalization, seen in colonialism, imperialism and global trade. Various European nations began to explore and colonize Africa, Asia and the Americas, leading to increased global trade and communication.
Other characteristics of this period included rapid military expansion, technological advances and global trade routes. These characteristics were influenced by the increased interconnectedness in the world.

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The EMP can be characterized as a time of expansion/connection, as civilizations began to expand to new lands while strengthening existing connections. Through processes like Proto-Globalization and Centralization, nations began to share their influence with the rest of the world, through both economic influence and military strength. In the beginning of the EMP, Asia was the central region for trade, but as time passed, the Europeans focused more on the Atlantic.

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The Early Modern Period was a period of discovery and change. Many empires grew and fell during this period but also adapted such as making allies and war. In my opinion, trading was the most important in this period. Trading brought together many people which created the Colombian exchange causing syncretism in the societies. Globalization also helped to trade because it spread new resources and ideas everywhere creating bonds.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized as a time full of empires, for example the Ottoman Turks or the Russian Empire. The period set off globalization due to the new economy set off by global trade.

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I characterized the EMP as inquisitive, but stubborn because as systems began to form and regions started interacting with each other, this reaction was a common result. Mainly occurring with European exploration and connections, the people became eager to learn more about other societies, but only in the way of personal gain. Exploitative, you could also say.

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The EMP is characterized by expansion, spread, and ever-increasing global interconnectedness. The ambition of the period is shown through the European expeditions and exploration. The strategic geographic locations of Asian countries for trading fits into the world's globalization. Hence, "the world becoming smaller".

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The early modern period was the period which began just after the end of the late Middle Ages.  Many of the technologies created during this time were the building blocks of  the things which we consider "crucial" today.  This is a generality of this period.  Things began to get more "sophisticated" and global interconnectedness would grow.  The period itself was a transition between the Middle Ages and the modern world, setting the stage for many of the events that would be crucial.

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The EMP was a dramatic change between the medieval times to the new contemporary world. Globalization was an  outcome of EMP which caused political influences between countries. The trade routes across Asia made trade possible between countries and it created massive wealth. EMP was a climacteric period for modern innovations that play a crucial part in our daily lives.

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the EMP can be characterized by how much change and progression took place ( for ex. biological changes when coming to America). this was an example of globalization, the transregional trade network was also redefined which pushed the EMP into a huge work force where everyone was working ( even in unmoral ways). child labor numbers shot up and slavery in America. These are examples of causation and slavery ended up leading to long term oppression. All of these long and short term affects happened because of Eurasia and Asian developments and proto-globalization.

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The EMP can be characterized as a period of energetic change through technology and globalization.  This can be shown by the Europeans exploring and globalizing the world by creating trade routes through the world. As well as the rapid growth  of technology that led to new military weapons.

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The Early Modern Period was a time of rapid globalization due to people's lust for power. As technology improved, it became easier to transverse between places. This offered more opportunity for power, as the people could trade more and gain more resources for production. People's lust for power and wealth drove them across the world with new technology, and the slow globalization process picked up pace once again.

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I characterized the early modern period as the transition of various routes of exchange from regional to global. A major turning point in this process was the consolidation of China's many taxes into one, which demanded payment solely with the use of silver. Caused both by the failure of paper money in the state as well as the discovery of massive silver deposits in Bolivia and Japan, China's decision impacted the world over. Europe could now purchase Chinese goods, therefore bridging the gap between Asian and European economies and paving the way for an increasingly interconnected or "modern" world that we live in today.

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The Early Modern Period was a time of immense change and development in the western world as well as Asia and the Americas. Using the globalization definition as the world becoming smaller,  this time period can be characterized by globalization. Given that there can be no us without a them, the development of Europe can be attributed to the connections throughout Asia, without those connections the development of Europe would've been completely different.

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The EMP was a period of growing economic strength that centered around asia, specifically the Silver trade where China has become the center of rapid growth. As Silver became more valuable so did China and their resources. Trading became an important part of political and economic growth.

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The EMP was a period characterized by growth and expansion through trade and empire building. Nations and regions were "butting heads", trying to constantly grow and have the upper hand, leading to developments in technology. As empires expanded, the globalization of trade resulted in wealth for many countries, but also death and decline of the quality of life. In china, as wealth grew, they taxed citizens, and poverty ensued. In North America, Europeans wiped out indigenous populations, and the slave trade replaced their lost labor. The lives of average individuals seemed to decline as the empires as a whole grew.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized by the rapid expansion and efficiency of trade that took place with new advancements in technology and the discovery of the Americas. Countries became more connected in globalized trade and intercontinental conflict.

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The Early Modern Period can be characterized as the process of expansion of power all over the world. Many countries tried to extend their influence beyond their homeland, whether that be with trade or taking over territory. This period was a time of many nations trying to make money with lucrative endeavors, and expansion was the key to that.

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The Early Modern Period was a period of rapid globalization where there was a considerable increase in trade and economic growth. This led to many technological advancements and the syncretism of many cultures.

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The Early Modern Period is characterized as a time of change, accommodating arising empires and globalizing trade. Contact between the eastern and western hemisphere was sustained which resulted in extensive trade, and innovating ideas and technology. Through the new access to resources and factors of good timing, new empires arose all around the globe.

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The early modern period was a process of globalization and increased commercialism. This can be displayed by the arrival of settlers in the Americas as this arrival was caused by the European desire to assert international influence. This arrival of settlers developed into a process of mercantilism and increased commercialism. Furthermore, the spice trade in Asia was a large economic occurrence and led to increased globalization and a global economy.

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During the so named EMP, technology and maritime advancements were changing the world and trade routes, as a product of a globalizing world. The Americas were becoming a valuable commodity in the new imperialistic world and this caused a movement of agricultural practices,  diseases, and people.

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The Early Modern Period (EMP) was a time of strategic expansion of empires and nations all over the world. During the EMP every decision that a nation made was carefully calculated in order to reach an end goal. You can see the calculated expansion in the different ways that Christianity was spread in China, in the way trade was conducted overseas (the indian ocean trade network), and the way nations conquered other nations/cities. Each decision a nation made during the EMP was motivated by the desire to establish long term economic wealth, religious influence, or status.

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The Early Modern Time Period can be characterized as a string of events all contingent on each other. Every event, action, or occurrence, happened on behalf of another event, action, or occurrence. In addition, diverse contingent occurrences can be linked back to another occurrence, or is seen linking later during the EMP, which forced globalization. Asia, was the center of it all, as i can argue that during this time period, every event started rather because of Asia, or occurred in Asia.

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Although the Early Modern Period cannot be characterized by a specific event, time period, or process, the processes of globalization and colonization can help identify the period and its historical context. Furthermore, these processes are exemplified in the period through the spread of Christianity and the growth of the Russian empire.

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The EMP was a time period of both trade and globalization. European powers dominated trade routes but also formed relations with powerful Asian Empires. Trading made it possible for cultural and Biological syncretism to develop as more international interactions occurred. Europeans brought religion to different parts of the world, and America brought crops to Asia and Europe.

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The EMP began with new exploration and ended with the advent of increased production of goods. This increased production began to set the stage for how the world works in trade, production, and who is "powerful".

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The EMP can be characterized through the rapid globalization, including economic growth and ideological growth, as well. This includes the economic, cultural, and technological expansion as well. Asia in particular experienced numerous changes in all three of those categories,  and there were a plethora of changes throughout all of the regions in Eurasia. Change also was key to the Early Modern Period, as it helped transition from EMP to the Current Modern Period.

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The EMP was a time of transition, both "late medieval" and "early modern."

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The EMP was a time of transition, both "late medieval" and "early modern."