Early Modern Europe University of 早期现代欧洲大学.pptVIP

Early Modern Europe Emerges The Islamic World, Discovery of the New World, and a Changing Europe Timeline 1456: Gutenberg Bible (Invention of movable type) 1492 Columbus’ “Discovery” of the New World ca 1500 Renaissance 1517 Protestant Reformation 1607: Founding of Virginia (Jamestown Colony) 1620-30: Founding of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay The Muslim World Mohammed born: 570 CE Islam spreads: 6th Century onward “Civilization” shifts to the east Western Christendom confronts a large empire on its southern and eastern border. Expansion of Islam Expansion of Islam Islamic World, 900 Expansion of Islam, 1300 Ottoman Empire, 1566 European Timeline, Post Black Death 1456: Gutenberg Bible: Invention of Movable Type Discovery of the New World: 1492 Ca 1500: Renaissance Protestant Reformation: 1517 1607: Founding of Virginia (Jamestown Colony 1620-1630: Founding of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Timeline 17th Century (1600s) The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic 1640-1660: English Revolution 17th - 18th Centuries (1600-1700s) Reign of the “Louis”: Louis XIV (1661-1715) 1776: American Revolution 1789: French Revolution Late 18th Century: Industrial Revolution in England Protestant Reformation Martin Luther (and others) challenge the primacy of the Papacy and Catholic ideas... Splits the unity of Western Christendom Reorganizes the relationship between individual and God Reorganizes the relationship among church, state and family Discovery and Colonization of the New World (and Trade with Far East) Expands the horizons of Europe and expands European civilization Brings new products to Europeans (sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco, corn, spices, china, silk, paper, gunpowder, pasta) Fosters the expansion of the trading economy and ‘urban’ society, particularly in the Netherlands and Britain Expansion of Science, Reading and Knowledge Development of printing and book publishing Expansion of literacy and hence schooling Expansion of science and technolo