World History from 1500

I. Science and Superstition --exist together, even in the leading scientists of the Age of Enlightenment (and they still exist together in t...

I. Protestant Reformation A. Martin Luther --nailed his 95 Theses on the door of the Church in Wittenberg, Germany, protesting principally t...

A. Henry the Navigator --younger son of ruling Aviz family. Became head of the religious military organization Order of Christ in 1420. Port...

These are the first seven epidsodes of Gavin Menzies 1421 that are available on YouTube, covering the voyages of Admiral Zheng He's fle...

I. European “colonies”--because Europe came to dominate much of Africa and Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries, it has been assumed that thi...

I. Native Americans A. Inka civilization 1. The Inka Empire--was the largest empire in the world during its time, stretching nearly the enti...