Chapter 12: 15th Century

The illustration of the worlds of the fifteenth century begins with Strayer demonstrating the turnabout perspective of Christopher Columbus. According to Strayer, the voyage of Columbus was the most important event of the fifteenth century but not the only valuable event to have happened. For example, Russia overturned two centuries of Mongol Rule by starting a huge empire project that spread across Northern Asia. The fifteenth century was composed of several bands of gathered, villages, small states with several social and political forms which were newly created. The fifteenth century served as a bridge to unite the middle ages with that of the Early Renaissance. In Africa, Islam was widely spread and led the destruction of certain Christian kingdoms once implemented in Africa. In the Americas several empires like those of the Incas and Aztecs were at their highest point and in Asia, the Ming Dynasty was incredibly prominent as well.