1450+-+1750+CE

1. Americas are included in global trade: Columbian exchange happens 2. Improvements/spread of shipping tech and gunpowder weapons give Europeans a leading role on the world stage. 3. Native Americans die because of disease; Africans become slaves on American plantations 4. New social structures based on race emerge. Few women have public power, though some have power in private (Ottoman empire) 5. Renaissance and Reformation question the church in Europe. In China, reaffirm traditional beliefs. 6. European empires (Spain and Portugal) expand overseas. Land-based empires (Ottoman, Mughal, Qing) expand their power as well.
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