Meanwhile…

The Ottoman Empire formalizes the menzilhane postal network

circa 1625

Ligdan Khan dies and the Northern Yuan falls to the Qing

1634-1635

Thirty Years' War Devastates Central Europe

1618-1648

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Age of Sail Global Shipping Networks

around 1650

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Publication of 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'

1632

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

house arrest and late works

1634-1642