This Genoese explorer proposed to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to find a route to Asia by sailing West.
Who is Christopher Columbus
This German Monk protested against the Catholic Church, eventually breaking away and starting the European Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Empire ruled over much of Central Asia including what is now Iran and Afghanistan from 1501-1736.
What is the Safavid Empire
The Qing Dynasty was originally founded by this culutural group from the lands North of China.
Who are the Manchurians?
This individual was the second to last empror of the Aztec and was kidnapped by Hernan Cortes in 1519. Later killed by his own people.
Who is Montezuma II?
This European Nation colonized most of what we know as Central and South America.
What is Spain?
This European power was made up of many small German states, led by Prince Electors and ruled by the Habsburg Dynasty.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
This naval battle between Ottoman and European Coalition forces marked the end of Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Battle of Lepanto?
The Ming Dynasty lost the Mandate of Heaven and fell to the Qing during this year.
This Incan Emperor was kidnapped by Francissco Pizarro and ransomed, but killed anyways to destablize the empire for Spanish conquest.
Who is Atahualpa?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was drafted by this Catholic Pope to divide the world between Spain and Portugal and avoid a major conflict.
Who is Pope Alexander VI?
This English King led the Reformation of the Anglican Church in order to divorce his wife in an attempt to have a male heir.
Who is Henry VIII?
Akbar the Great was the third emperor of this prominent Eastern Empire, and ruled from 1556-1605.
What is the Mughal Empire?
The Qing Empire ruled China until its fall in this year.
What is 1911?
This Scottish Queen was beheaded by Elizabeth I of England though ironically her son became the King of Scotland and England following the death of Elizabeth I.
Who is Mary Queen of Scotts?
The first African slaves were brought to the English Colony of Jamestown in this year.
What is 1619?
This man proclaimed himself as Lord Protector of England shortly after the English Civil Wars and the death of Charles I.
Considered to be one of the greatest Ottoman Sultans. This individual ruled the Empire from 1520-1566 at the height of Ottoman power.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent/ Lawgiver?
The Qing relied heavily on this social doctrine in order to rule over the Empire of China.
What is Confucianism?
The father of Charles I this English King granted the charter to the Virginia Company to establish the first English colony in North America
Who is James I?
This Portugeuse explorer was the first recorded European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
This conflict allowed France to emerge as the dominent power in continental Europe following the Treaty of Westphallia in 1648.
What is the Thirty Years War?
Considered to be the first Czar of Imperial Russia, this individual was widley known as 'The Terrible' for his harsh rule and deranged personality.
Who is Ivan IV (The Terrible)?
Considered by historians to be one of the greatest emperors in the history of China. He was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled for 61 years making him the longest-reigning Chinese emperor.
Who is The Kangxi Emperor?
The Ottoman Empire failed twice to take this European city, marking the end of Ottoman expansion into continental Europe.
What is Vienna Austria?