What occured in 1400 in europe?

constantinople, capital of eastern roman empire, falls emerging ottoman turks, forcing western europeans find new trade route.

papacy split in 2 parts in europe decades, until council of constance.

under rule of yongle emperor, built forbidden city , commanded zhenghe explore world overseas, ming dynasty's territory reached pinnacle. tamerlane established major empire in middle east , central asia, in order revive mongolian empire. inca empire rose prominence in south america.

spanish , portuguese explorations led first european sightings of americas , sea passage along cape of hope india, in last decade of century. after these first sightings europeans, transportation increased europe america. native indigenous cultures lived within continent of americas had developed advanced civilizations attest thousands of years of human presence; sophisticated engineering, irrigation, agriculture, religion , government existed before arrival of spanish , portuguese. idea europeans "discovered" america can lead misunderstanding true nature of encounter between 2 distinct , independent civilizations, namely european , indigenous american.

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