from times' concise history

1277 chr & condemnations Paris

Before: orders ... after knights

930 1314

n & w europe - after vikings ... settled chr states

962 1356

medieval german empire - eastern frankish

14th cent europe - setbacks - famine, l ice age

1487 1780

european voyages of discovry, start w portug

1493 1713

european expansion overseas

1519 1783

colonial america

1453 1547

new monarchy in europe, france, england

1517 1648

reformation in europe

1648 

germany patchwork, holland indep

1648 1715

france - the leading country

1713 1805 end war sp succ

the struggle for empire - habsburg

1773 1810

the age of revolution - france & usa

1799 1810

napoleon

1808 1910

indep latin am

1770 1914

the age of invention & industry

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