Early Modern period

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The Early Modern period was a transformative era from roughly the late 15th to the late 18th century marked by global exploration, the rise of powerful nation-states, religious upheavals, and the beginnings of modern science and capitalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era
historical period
appliesTo Americas
Europe
parts of Africa
parts of Asia
endTime late 18th century
followedBy Industrial Revolution
surface form: Industrial Age

Modern era
follows Middle Ages
medieval period
hasCharacteristic Atlantic slave trade expansion
European overseas expansion
absolutist monarchies
beginnings of modern science
codification of international law beginnings
colonial empires
commercial revolution
confessionalization
cultural exchanges between continents
development of modern diplomacy
development of standing armies
early capitalism
early stock exchanges
emergence of capitalism
enclosure movements in agriculture
expansion of universities
global exploration
growth of financial institutions
growth of literacy
gunpowder warfare
intensified global trade networks
maritime exploration
mercantilism
overseas missionary activity
population growth in Europe
print culture expansion
religious upheaval
religious wars
rise of bourgeoisie
rise of nation-states
rise of secular political thought
scientific revolution
state centralization
urbanization
witch hunts in Europe
overlapsWith Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Age of Exploration
Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

Scientific Revolution
partOf history of the modern world
precededBy Middle Ages
startTime late 15th century

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Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) partOf Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern Europe
Field Marshal (Russian Empire) historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Battle of Pamplona hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Collegio Romano historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
University of Harderwijk era Early Modern period
Catholic princes timePeriod Early Modern period
Battle of Mohács (1526) historicalPeriod Early Modern period
Bishopric of Haarlem historicalEra Early Modern period
Hungarian nobility timePeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Ottoman–Safavid conflict historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
House of Churchill historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Royalist field army of the West historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Treaties of Spain historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Roman school of painting timePeriod Early Modern period
Saxe-Coburg historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Upper Hungary historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Gremi timePeriod Early Modern period
Franeker University historicalPeriod Early Modern period
Giorgio Basta historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Protectorate of Richard Cromwell historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Vegliot dialect timePeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Captain-General of the Forces historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern England
Bender, Ottoman Empire historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Crossing of the Belts historicalPeriod Early Modern period
Dutch States General historicalEra Early Modern period
Battle of the Dunes (1658) era Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Swedish nobility historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Treaty of Osnabrück historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Siege of Arras (1640) era Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
University of King’s College hasNotableProgram Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early Modern Studies
House of Limburg Stirum historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Ragusa (Dubrovnik) historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Treaty of Vaucelles historicalRegion Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern Europe
Graf historicalPeriodOfUse Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Christiania historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
French livre timePeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Battle of Rocroi historicalPeriod Early Modern period
Kraków Voivodeship timePeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Southern Netherlands historicalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Ulrich hasHistoricalUsagePeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Clan Urquhart historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Berbice historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Bishopric of Essen historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Livonia hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Battle of Fehrbellin (1675) hasEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period
Battle of Køge Bay (1677) historicalEra Early Modern period
this entity surface form: Early modern period