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| 1600-1644 |
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Political and economic problems in China |
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| 1600-1800 |
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Massive expansion of the Atlantic slave trade |
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| 1600 |
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English East India Company established |
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| 1602 |
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Dutch East India Company established |
|
| 1603 |
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Tokugawa Shogunate founded in Japan |
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| 1607 |
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English establish Jamestown colony |
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| 1608 |
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French establish colony of New France |
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| 1613 |
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Romanov dynasty established in Russia |
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| 1618-1648 |
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Thirty Years’ War in Europe |
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| 1620s |
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Roving bandits destabilize China |
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| 1621 |
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Dutch West India Company founded |
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| 1624 |
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Dutch settle New Amsterdam |
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| 1637 |
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Japanese expel European missionaries |
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| 1639 |
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Russian state’s frontier reaches Pacific |
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| 1641 |
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Dutch seize Melaka from Portuguese |
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| 1642-1649 |
• |
English Civil War |
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| 1643-1715 |
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Reign of France’s Louis XIV |
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| 1644 |
• |
Ming dynasty falls to the Qing |
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| 1652 |
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Dutch seize Cape Town |
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| 1656-1676 |
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Koprulu reforms revitalize Ottoman empire |
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| 1658-1707 |
• |
Aurangzeb expands Mughal empire |
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| 1682-1725 |
• |
Peter the Great rules Russia |
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| 1683 |
• |
Ottomans defeated at Vienna |
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| 1688-1689 |
• |
Glorious Revolution in England |
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| 1690s-1713 |
• |
Oyo empire expands to coast of Africa |
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| 1701-1750 |
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Asante state expands in Africa |
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| 1722-1773 |
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Safavid empire under assault |
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| 1756-1763 |
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Seven Years’ War |
