Unit 3 AP World History: The Early Modern Era- Timeline

(1) Middle East, 1453

Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (Fall of Byzantine Empire)

(1) Europe, 1455

Johannes Gutenberg introduces printing press (Gutenberg Bible)

(1) West Africa, 1464

Songhai Empire established

(1) Caribbean, 1492

European explorers reach the New World

(2) Europe, 1517

Protestant Reformation begins (Luther's 95 Theses mass produced on printing press)

(1) Latin America, 1519-1521

Cortez' conquest of the Aztec Empire

(1) South Asia, 1526

Mughal Empire established

(1) South America, 1532-1572

Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire

(1) East Asia, 1603

Tokugawa Shogunate established

(2) East Asia, 1644-1911

Qing Dynasty in China (Manchurian rule)

(1) South Africa, 1652

Cape Town Colony is established by Dutch

(3) Europe, 1650-1800

Enlightenment

(1) North America, 1680

Pueblo Indian Revolt in New Mexico