Early modern Europe
The Early modern era is posterity's term for the history of Europe from the end of the Middle Ages in the 15th century, until the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries.
During these few centuries, Europe rose from being an isolated part of the world to global domination.
UnderstandPeriodization of history is, by necessity, an abstraction made by posterity.
Wars and events
Exploration and colonisation
Arts
Empires, regions and entities during the era
Sources and licences
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