Meanwhile…

Thirty Years' War Devastates Central Europe

1618-1648

wars and competition with England

1652-1784

The Protestant Reformation

1517-10-31

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Sikhism Founded by Guru Nanak's Successors Institutionalized

1604-1699

Age of Sail Global Shipping Networks

around 1650

The canal ring: living in the Golden Age

rond 1660

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden