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1400145015001550160016501700175018001850190019502000Middle Ages (Europe)Middle AgesEarly modern period (Europe)Early modern periodEarly modern periodLong 19th century (Europe)Long 19th centuryLong 19th century20th century20th centuryContemporarySmallpox epidemics devastate Indigenous American populations In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldSmallpox epidemics devastate Indigenous…Fall of Tenochtitlan to Cortés In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldFall of Tenochtitlan to CortésFirst enslaved Africans shipped directly to the Americas In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldFirst enslaved Africans shipped directl…Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldPizarro's conquest of the Inca EmpireEnglish East India Company founded In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldEnglish East India Company foundedDutch East India Company (VOC) founded In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldDutch East India Company (VOC) foundedBattle of Plassey gives Britain control of Bengal In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldBattle of Plassey gives Britain control…First Fleet establishes British penal colony in Australia In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldFirst Fleet establishes British penal c…French conquest of Algeria begins In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, Colonization: the making of the modern worldFrench conquest of Algeria beginsFirst Opium War ends with Treaty of Nanking In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldFirst Opium War ends with Treaty of Nan…Indian Rebellion of 1857 In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, Colonization: the making of the modern world, Freedom movements: how the colonized won their independence, The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyIndian Rebellion of 1857British Crown assumes direct rule of India In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldBritish Crown assumes direct rule of In…Anglo-Zulu War In: Colonization: the making of the modern world, Pax Britannica and the primacy of the Royal Navy, The British Empire, The Scramble for AfricaAnglo-Zulu WarBerlin Conference partitions Africa In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, Colonization: the making of the modern worldBerlin Conference partitions AfricaCongo Free State established under Leopold II In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldCongo Free State established under Leop…Battle of Adwa In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, Colonization: the making of the modern world, Ethiopia: the empire that was never colonizedBattle of AdwaSecond Boer War In: Colonization: the making of the modern world, The British Empire, The Scramble for AfricaSecond Boer WarIndia gains independence and partition In: Colonization: the making of the modern worldIndia gains independence and partition4 events, 1492 to 1498. Click to zoom.44 events, 1954 to 1962. Click to zoom.4

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