| 127 | 151 |
| Marco Polo travels to China | Magellan’s expedition circumnavigates the world |
| 1443 | 1521 |
| Portuguese establish first African trading post at Arguin | Cortés conquers Aztec Empire |
| 1492 | 1533 |
| Columbus lands on San Salvador | Pizarro conquers Inca Empire |
| 1494 | 1571 |
| Treaty of Tordesillas ratified | Spanish establish port of Manila in the Philippines |
| 1518 | 1602 |
| Atlantic slave trade begins | Dutch East India Company founded |