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6023416214HongwuThe Hongwu Emperor, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founder and first emperor of China's Ming dynasty.0
6023416215Zheng Heformerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty.1
6023416596Prince HenryInfante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire.2
6023416597Bartolomeu DiasIn 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia3
6023417022Vasco da GamaVasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.4
6023417023Fernando and IsabelFerdinand and Isabella with their subjects. The Catholic Monarchs set out to restore royal authority in Spain. To accomplish their goal, they first created a group named the Holy Brotherhood. These men were used as a judicial police force for Castile, as well as to attempt to keep Castilian nobles in check.5
6023417399Christopher Columbusan Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.6
6023417400Little Ice Agea period between about 1300 and 1870 during which Europe and North America were subjected to much colder winters than during the 20th century.7
6023417401Black DeathThe Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe in the years 1346-13538
6023417838Ming DynastyThe Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.9
6023417839Reconquistathe period of history of the Iberian Peninsula spanning approximately 770 years between the Islamic conquest of Hispania in 710 and the fall of the last Islamic state in Iberia at Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492.10
6023417840RenaissanceThe Renaissance was a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.11
6023418262Humanisman outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.12

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