The early modern period is a subdivision of the most recent of the three major periods of European history: antiquity, the Middle Ages and … See more

Many major events caused Europe to change around the start of the 16th century, starting with the Fall of Constantinople See more

A recent development in early modern history is the creation of Atlantic World as a category. The term generally encompasses Western Europe, West Africa, and the … See more

Protestant Reformation
The early modern period was initiated by the Protestant Reformation and the collapse of the unity … See more

At the onset of the early modern period, trends in various regions of the world represented a shift away from medieval modes of … See more

East Asia
In Early Modern times, the major nations of East Asia attempted to pursue a course of See more

The term colonialism is normally used with reference to discontiguous overseas empires rather than contiguous land-based empires, European or otherwise. European colonisation during the 15th to 19th centuries resulted in the spread of Christianity to See more