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Creoles in Latin America experienced economic and social pressures that stirred discontent. The Creoles used their existing power to lead the revolutions throughout latin America.

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The global economy starts to shift, and for a brief period China starts to participate in it under the Ming dynasty and Zheng He. Europe gets information that was lost to them through trade with the Mongols. This information starts the Renaissance with the revival of classical knowledge. Classical thinking starts Protestant Reformation, as well as giving way to the Scientific Revolution. All of these aspects lead to the Enlightenment. With the arrival of lost knowledge Western Europe is now able to cross the oceans, and with this ability Christopher Columbus "discovers" the Americas. This discovery leads to the destruction of the Native populations and the establishment of the Columbian Exchange and the Atlantic Slave Trade. A little before this Empires in Russia and the Islamic world have been established and are being established via the exploitation of the Mongol power vacuum, and they continue to make development in the period between 1450-1750.

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Summaries of Time Periods at the bottom (parallel to period on top)

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Summaries of Time Periods at the bottom (parallel to period on top)

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We know that it can be hard to follow and that a lot is going on, but that's the way history is so we feel that this symbolizes this aspect of the world.

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1200-1450: The Mongols and Increased Eurasian contacts

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1200-1450: The Mongols and Increased Eurasian contacts

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The Rise of the Mongol empire saw the expansion of interregional contacts throughout Eurasia. Technologies were brought between regions. In Europe more technologies and conflicts brought about increased social, cultural, and technological developments. Europe would eventually rise from a feudal system, to a dominant world Power. When the Mongol empire fell, several new empires rose from its ashes.

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Before 1200: Post-Classical  Civilizations

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Before 1200: Post-Classical  Civilizations

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Ancient Civilizations like the Romans and Toltecs left legacies which greatly influenced the cultures all over the world. The Abbasids dominated the Islamic world. Feudalism characterized the European Middle Ages. The Song Dynasty dominated East Asia. Mesoamerica and South America were controlled by the Aztecs and Inca.

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Guns are given in exchange for slaves and new guns are used to get more slaves (a never ending cycle!)

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Dynasty conquering most of Indian subcontinent, with unification of Hindus and Muslims under Akbar.

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The Safavids resulted from the Sunni' Shi'a Split among Muslims. The empire was founded by the Isma'il and would frequently fight with its Ottoman neighbors.

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The turks rose to power by sacking and conquering Constantinople

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 "Once the renaissance begins, everything goes crazy!" - Nicholas

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 "Once the renaissance begins, everything goes crazy!" - Nicholas

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Russia breaks from Mongols and establishes tsars (1462-1918)

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Russia breaks from Mongols and establishes tsars (1462-1918)

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Absolute rulers with heavy economic reliance and exploitation of serfs.

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Existed in Spanish colonies in Latin America. The Spanish being at the top of the hierarchy and African slaves and indigenous people at the bottom 

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The native populations declined in mesoamerica and south america due to the introduction of diseases like smallpox and influenza

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The flow of african slaves brought to the new world. The slaves were used for sugar production to help the european economy.

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Exchange of goods, disease, plants, and animals from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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The spanish conquered the Inca empire with the help of smallpox and preexisting cultural divide.

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Establishment of Plantation and Mining Economies and Native Labor forces

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Establishment of Plantation and Mining Economies and Native Labor forces

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The Europeans used the native populations to obtain natural resources and things like cash crops. To get these resources they established plantations and mines.

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Sacking of Tenochtitlan and the Fall of the Aztecs (1521)

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Sacking of Tenochtitlan and the Fall of the Aztecs (1521)

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Hernan Cortes kidnaps Aztec king and ransoms him for money, only to kill him anyway, destabilizing the Aztecs.

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Zhu Yuanzhang led the empire to refurbish the Great Wall, maritime trade and navy, monetized economy

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New ways of thinking resulted in a rise of new philosophers coining new philosophies surrounding knowledge, politics, and more. Ideals of rule by the people and emerging ideas of democracy developed.

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Classical historical knowledge was challenged by many new thinkers, including much of the scientific concepts we follow now.

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Martin Luther wrote against the abuses of the Catholic Church and started a new movement of religious dissent.

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Western Europe "Discovers" the Americas (1492)

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Western Europe "Discovers" the Americas (1492)

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Christopher Columbus "landed" in the West Indias (Caribbean) in 1492, thereby beginning the connection of the whole wide world.

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Ghana (West Africa) and Songhay (Sudanic state)

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Spread of the Bubonic Plague (1346-1352)

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Spread of the Bubonic Plague (1346-1352)

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Originally brought to Europe by the Mongol, spreading through infected fleas, wiped out around a third of the population in Europe.

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Mongol dynasty created by Mongol chieftain that conquered China.

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Technologies like the compass, astrolabe, improved maps, better ships, and more are contributed.

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Empire in West Africa that was very wealthy (under Mansa Musa) with commercial trade across the Sahara

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Feudalism in Western Europe During the Middle Ages (476-1400s)

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Feudalism in Western Europe During the Middle Ages (476-1400s)

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Most of Western Europe was encapsulated by this system where peasants worked the land of the lords.

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The "rebirth" of arts and culture, centered in Florence with a rise of secular ideas in art and culture.

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Chingghis Khan's unification of nomadic people led to the conquest most of Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe

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The Crusades were a religious pilgrimage called by the Pope of the Holy Roman Empire to reclaim the Holy Land (Jerusalem).

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Rise of Islamic Empires (Abbasids: 750-1258)

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Rise of Islamic Empires (Abbasids: 750-1258)

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Dynasty of the Islamic world with the center of Islamic learning and the hub of the Golden Age of Islam.

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Imperial Chinese dynasty with many innovations such as moveable type, gunpowder, compass

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Large empire in South America focused on community involvement, split inheritance, and the cult of the dead

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Known as the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire rose to power with the Eastern Orthodoxy in religious power.

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Invented clever ways to use surrounding water, such as floating islands called chinampas. Religion based on many earth gods and rituals often involved sacrifice.

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Judaism was one of the earliest religions of the world. It split into Christianity in Europe and Islam within the Arabic world with their dissident views.  In South Asia (India), Hinduism and Buddhism rose.

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The time of between the Neolithic period (6000-1750 BCE) to the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)

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The Aztecs, the Maya, Toltecs

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Center of Roman Catholic for western europe after the Great Schism. Fell due to many invasions and sackings by barbarian groups.

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Originated in South Africa and migrated by foot using land bridges to spread across the continents.