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| 16411647014 | Chinese Silver Tax | Silver was becoming a valuable asset within the Ming Dynasty. Simplify the taxes by making silver the only item you would turn over to the government in one payment. Increase in the importation of silver to China. China gain in wealth and a growth in economy from trading goods. A major issue with this is inflation as the value of silver dropped as there was more silver but the same demand so the price dropped (supply and demand). The inflation led to a eventual removal of the silver tax as it was considered unsustainable. | 0 | |
| 16411712062 | Collapse of Mongol Empire | After attempting to gain control over China and Persia, both in which the Mongols were widely unsuccessful in dominating, the Mongols attempted to to inhabit Russia. This was their last attempt and due to divisions among the Mongols, the plague, and the growing strength of the Russian State enabled the Russians to break Mongol hold by the 15th century. The Mongols continued to threaten these civilizations until they became absorbed into China and Russia. | 1 | |
| 16411719318 | Committee of Public Safety | The Committee of Public Safety was a political body of the French Revolution during Reign of Terror under Maximillien Robespierre after King Louis XVI ruling. Nation defend itself from enemies, either foreign or domestic. Thousands of executions by guillotine including Robespierre for anyone against the revolution. Price of bread increased and Robespierre seen as dictator. | 2 | |
| 16411781357 | Constantinople | The Roman Empire was too difficult to govern due to its size, so in 324 Emperor Constantine moved the capital to east Byztantium and it later became the city of Constantinople (Istanbul). This land was chosen because it was surrounded by water and made it easy to defend. Constantinople stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and trade routes between east and west. Constantinople was rich and many wealthy products flowed through it such as (silk, furs, perfume). The city language was greek and was home to one million people. Constantinple came to an end when the Turkic Ottoman Empire took Contanstinople. | 3 | |
| 16411816860 | Copernicus | Nicolaus Copernicuz was a mathemitician and astronomer who proposed that the sun stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it. At the time his idea was controversial: it was the start of change in the way the world was viewed, and he became known as the initiator of the scientific revolution. Conflicted with Christianity at the time believed the gods made earth the center of life | 4 | |
| 16411827165 | Council of Trent | The council of trent was Roman Catholic Leaders summoned by the pope to view the doctrines of Protestantism, & Counter-Reformation. Addressed church reform and rejected Protestantism & sweeping decrees on self reformation. This changed the Catholic church because of the interpretations made on the bible (The Protestant bible) final. Because of this decision, Catholics where defamed & resulted in protestants being the vast majority of religion in Europe. | 5 |
