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Tracking 500 years of the West’s domination of the world, one year at a time
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1580: Portugal’s succession crisis erupts, etc
1580: Portugal’s succession crisis erupts, etc
The main development of world-historical impact in 1580 CE was the eruption of Portugal’s succession crisis. Before we look at that, here…
Helena Cobban
Mar 1
1579: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha & the Ottoman way of ruling
1579: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha & the Ottoman way of ruling
The biggest- or at least, the most interesting- thing that happened in world history in 1579 CE was the assassination by hands unknown of…
Helena Cobban
Feb 28
1578: Portugal, Ottomans, Safavids, English…
1578: Portugal, Ottomans, Safavids, English…
Here’s 1578 CE:
Helena Cobban
Feb 27
1577: Queen Elizabeth “explores” empire-building
1577: Queen Elizabeth “explores” empire-building
The major developments of world-historical importance in 1577 CE stemmed from the decisions England’s Queen Elizabeth I made to support…
Helena Cobban
Feb 27
Key developments of 1576 (& notes on Safavid Iran)
Key developments of 1576 (& notes on Safavid Iran)
Well, we’ve recently taken a bit of a peek at the state of two capable non-Christian Empires that were growing and doing significant…
Helena Cobban
Feb 25
Key developments of 1575
Key developments of 1575
I’ll start with a couple of short items about the state of the world in 1575 CE, then move to the main action, which concerned the…
Helena Cobban
Feb 24
Key developments of 1574 (mainly, Ottoman)
Key developments of 1574 (mainly, Ottoman)
All the usual things were happening in the world of 1574 CE: Mughal Emperor Akbar consolidating his growing territories; Protestants and…
Helena Cobban
Feb 23
Key developments of 1573
Key developments of 1573
Here they are:
Helena Cobban
Feb 22
Key developments of 1572
Key developments of 1572
Here were the main developments of world-historical impact that happened in 1572 CE:
Helena Cobban
Feb 21
Project 500 Years: Communique #2
Project 500 Years: Communique #2
So yesterday, I hit the 50-year mark! Hurrah! Time for another communique (which I suppose you could describe as a sort of meta-narrative…
Helena Cobban
Feb 20
Key developments of 1571 (mainly, Lepanto)
Key developments of 1571 (mainly, Lepanto)
In 1571 CE, by far the major development- from the perspective of “Western” Christian powers- was the Battle of Lepanto, in which an…
Helena Cobban
Feb 20
Key developments of 1570
Key developments of 1570
This is the 50th anniversary edition of the Project 500 Years daily bulletin. I have completed 10% of my self-assigned task! To mark the…
Helena Cobban
Feb 19
Key developments of 1569, & a note on world geography
Key developments of 1569, & a note on world geography
1568 was a pretty busy year. And I snuck a quick peek ahead at 1570, which is also action-packed. But 1569? Not so much. Setting aside the…
Helena Cobban
Feb 18
Key developments of 1568
Key developments of 1568
On a world-historical level, the major event of 1568 CE was something that happened in India. But other interesting things were happening…
Helena Cobban
Feb 17
Key developments of 1567
Key developments of 1567
Last year, 1566, one main big thing of world-historical importance happened. This year, 1567 CE, lots of things happened! I shall try to…
Helena Cobban
Feb 16
The key development of 1566
The key development of 1566
I’ll interrupt my normal procedure here of picking out a few bullet-points (or headlines) from the events of the year, to focus on a…
Helena Cobban
Feb 15
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