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Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700)

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Summary of Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700) for Madhya Pradesh Board Class 11 History. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, major changes reshaped Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Old imperial systems weakened in some regions, new kingdoms and dynasties rose in others, and trade connected distant parts of the world more closely than before. Feudal relations, church

Key Concepts

Feudalism was the social and economic

Feudalism was the social and economic order in western Europe in which land was controlled by lords, worked by peasants or serfs, and tied to loyalty

The Church

The Church, centred on the papacy, and royal power developed a combination of Roman institutions and tribal customary rules. Charlemagne’s empire in w

From the twelfth century

From the twelfth century, entrepreneurs in Venice and Genoa expanded trade, and European trade grew through fairs, Baltic and North Sea ports, and gro

From the fourteenth century

From the fourteenth century, especially in north Italian towns, wealthy people became less concerned with life after death and more interested in life

At the end of the fifteenth

At the end of the fifteenth century, Spaniards and Portuguese expanded sea travel. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498, and Columbus reached the Wes

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how political and social order changed in western Europe from feudalism to stronger commercial and royal structures.
  • Trace major events across Africa, Europe, Asia, South Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific from 1300 to 1700.
  • Explain the effects of trade, travel, conquest, and cultural exchange across continents.
  • Recognise key figures, dates, and developments linked to the period, including rulers, explorers, writers, and scientists.
  • Compare different kinds of encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans, including cooperation, curiosity, force, and resistance.

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