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EVENTThe Atlantic world

1492 onward

The Columbian Exchange

The Atlantic world

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8 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTHoly Roman Empire

1648

The Peace of Westphalia

Holy Roman Empire

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8 minAudioEarly Modern

BOOKEarly Modern

1491

by Charles C. Mann

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTHoly Roman Empire and northern Europe

1517 to 1555

The Protestant Reformation

Holy Roman Empire and northern Europe

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTThe English Channel and the North Atlantic

1588

The Spanish Armada

The English Channel and the North Atlantic

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8 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTEngland, Scotland, and Ireland

1642 to 1651

The English Civil War

England, Scotland, and Ireland

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8 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTThe Dutch Republic

c. 1588 to 1672

The Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Republic

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTMassachusetts, British North America

1692 to 1693

The Salem Witch Trials

Massachusetts, British North America

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTThe Indian Ocean and East Africa

1405 to 1433

The Voyages of Zheng He

The Indian Ocean and East Africa

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTJapan

1603 to 1868

The Tokugawa Shogunate

Japan

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

BOOKEarly Modern

The Verge

by Patrick Wyman

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

BOOKEarly Modern

The Reformation

by Diarmaid MacCulloch

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7 minAudioEarly Modern

EVENTMainz, Holy Roman Empire

c. 1440 to 1455

Gutenberg and the Printing Revolution

Mainz, Holy Roman Empire

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3 minAudioEarly Modern