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  2. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. It emerges from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500), demarcated by historians as beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in forms such as the Italian Renaissance in the West, the Ming dynasty in the East, and the rise of the Aztecs in the New World.

  3. List of decades, centuries, and millennia - Wikipedia

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    See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline.

  4. 17th century - Wikipedia

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    The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    25–60% of European population [5] 541–549 North Africa, Europe, and Western Asia 3 HIV/AIDS pandemic: HIV/AIDS: 44 million (as of 2025) – 1981–present [6] Worldwide 4 Black Death: Bubonic plague: 25–50 million 30–60% of European population [7] 1346–1353 Europe, Asia, and North Africa 5 COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19

  6. COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country - Wikipedia

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    This article contains the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per population as of 24 February 2025, by country. It also has cumulative death totals by country. For these numbers over time see the tables, graphs, and maps at COVID-19 pandemic deaths and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory.

  7. History of Europe - Wikipedia

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    In eastern Europe, Volga Bulgaria became an Islamic state in 921, after Almış I converted to Islam under the missionary efforts of Ahmad ibn Fadlan. [43] Slavery in the early medieval period had mostly died out in western Europe by about the year 1000 AD, replaced by serfdom. It lingered longer in England and in peripheral areas linked to the ...

  8. 16th century - Wikipedia

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    End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period. 1600: The Portuguese win a major naval battle in the bay of Ambon. [19] Later in the year, the Dutch join forces with the local Hituese in an anti-Portuguese alliance, in return for which the Dutch would have the sole right to purchase spices from Hitu. [19]

  9. Category:1600s in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "1600s in Europe" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 ...