Period 1: Crusades

Period 1: Mali Empire

Period 1: Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage & Ibn Battuta's travels

Period 1: Aztec and Incan Empires

Period 1: Gutenberg Invents Printing Press

Period 1: Mongol Empire

Period 1: Islamic states flourish: Seljuk, Mamluk, Delhi Sultanates

Period 1: Hindu & Buddhist states flourish: Srivijaya, Vijayanagara, Sukhothai Empires

Period 1: Zheng He’s expeditions end and Ming Dynasty goes into isolation

Period 2: Age of Absolute Monarchs in Europe

Period 2: Scientific Revolution

Period 2: Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation

Period 2: Columbus discovers America/Age of Discovery begins

Period 2: Jamestown is established

Period 2: Byzantine Empire (Eastern Europe) falls to Ottomans

Period 2: Ottoman Empire

Period 2: Mughal Empire

Period 2: Peter the Great begins westernizing Russia

Period 2: Japanese isolation/Tokugawa Shogunate