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  2. Modern era - Wikipedia

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    Eras cannot easily be defined. 1500 is an approximate starting period for the modern era because many major events caused the Western world to change around that time: from the fall of Constantinople (1453), Gutenberg's moveable type printing press (1450s), completion of the Reconquista (1492) and Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas ...

  3. Timelines of modern history - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Late modern period. 1.3 Contemporary period. 1.4 Future. 2 By country. ... c. 1400 – c. 1500, [1] to the present. General timelines. Early modern period

  4. Early modern period - Wikipedia

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    In general, the early modern period is considered to have lasted from around the start of the 16th century to the start of the 19th century (about 1500–1800). In a European context, it is defined as the period following the Middle Ages and preceding the advent of modernity; but the dates of these boundaries are far from universally agreed.

  5. Human history - Wikipedia

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    The early modern period is the era following the European Middle Ages until 1789 or 1800. [ q ] A common break with the medieval period is placed between 1450 and 1500 which includes a number of significant events: the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire , the spread of printing and European voyages of discovery to America and along ...

  6. Early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    Early modern Europe, also referred to as the post-medieval period, is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the mid 15th century to the late 18th century.

  7. Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

  8. Portal:Modern history - Wikipedia

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    The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history.It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500, like the Reformation in Germany giving rise to Protestantism.

  9. Early Modern English - Wikipedia

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    Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE [1] or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.