Timeline by Anthony Aiello

1492 - Christopher Columbus’s First Voyage

20265027_2 — 2025-01-30 15:16:33 UTC

Christoper Columbus started his voyage in ocean looking for a easier trade root to India. Columbus started and revalunized european explanation. He discovered now the United States of America.

1498 - Vasco da Gama Reaches India

20265027_2 — 2025-01-30 15:19:27 UTC

Vasco da Gama successfully sails around Africa and reaches Calicut, India, opening a trade route between Europe and Asia. This opened trade to a whole other side of the world. European countries started to trade with countries in Asia more often after this.

1519 - Ferdinand Magellan’s Expedition Begins

20265027_2 — 2025-01-30 15:21:21 UTC

Magellan sails to find a westward route to the Spice Islands. His journey becomes the first to fully circumnavigate the globe, proving how big earth really is. this was a huge turning point for explores during this time period.

1521 - Fall of the Aztec Empire

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 14:24:27 UTC

The Spanish come to Mexico and take over the Aztecs. There were many Ways that they were able to do this with ease. They had more fighting technology such as guns. They also were killed from wide spred diseases.

1543 - Portugal Reaches Japan

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 14:27:10 UTC

These were the first European traders that arrived in japan for trade. they introduced firearms and other foreign goods. This was the beginning of rare European influence in Japan, especially in trade and religion.

1633 - Japan's Sakoku (Isolation) Policy Begins

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 14:30:20 UTC

The Tokugawa Shogunate enforces a policy that did not allow foreigners into the country. This was because they had the fear of xenophobia ( fear of foreigners). They prohibited trade with every single country , except for the Dutch.

1683 - Qing Dynasty Expands Control Over China

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 18:51:32 UTC

The Qing Dynasty defeats the Ming dynasty increasing trade with European merchants while still keeping strict travling and trading laws. They kept there religion laws during this time very strict.

1711 - Establishment of the Guangzhou (Canton) System

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 18:56:31 UTC

System of trade that developed between Chinese and foreign merchants in the southern China city of Guangzhou. all foreign trade coming into China was confined to Guangzhou and had to be conducted with authorized Chinese merchants.

1707 – Decline of the Mughal Empire in India

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 18:58:09 UTC

The death of Aurangzeb (emperor) led to the decline of the Mughal Empire. this was a fast decline that hit the floor very fast.

1750 – The Rise of the Atlantic Slave Trade

20265027_2 — 2025-02-03 18:59:55 UTC

Millions of Africans had been forcibly taken to the Americas and other countries such as Brazil and other south Americans countrys. This was through the transatlantic slave trade.