Click a city on the map to find out more about it.
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Caracas:
 19th Century Caracas
19th Century Caracas
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Cadiz:
 Cadiz
Cadiz
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Manila:
 Manila was a major trading center during the days of the Columbian Exchange
Manila was a major trading center during the days of the Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
San Salvador Islands:
 Route Map
Route Map
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Havana:
 Originally from China and India, the Spanish introduced its cultivation as a cash crop to places like Havana
Originally from China and India, the Spanish introduced its cultivation as a cash crop to places like Havana
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Tenechtitlan:
 Spanish adventurers introduced diseases like smallpox that killed millions of natives
Spanish adventurers introduced diseases like smallpox that killed millions of natives
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Mexico City:
 A new mixture of people, Indian, European, and African replaced the old social order in places like Mexico City
A new mixture of people, Indian, European, and African replaced the old social order in places like Mexico City
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Santa Domingo:
 Cattle and slaves provided the labor that produced sugar, which was a major export from the Americas to Europe
Cattle and slaves provided the labor that produced sugar, which was a major export from the Americas to Europe
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Buenos Aires:
 Europeans imported horses into places like Buenos Aires that soon became common
Europeans imported horses into places like Buenos Aires that soon became common
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Lima:
 Europeans introduced wheat farming to places like Lima, Peru
Europeans introduced wheat farming to places like Lima, Peru

 
Publishing Revolution - Johannes Gutenberg:
1455 AD
Mainz:
Page from Gutenberg's Bible printed in Mainz
Page from Gutenberg's Bible printed in Mainz
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Santa Fe:
 Old Palace of the Spanish Viceroys Santa Fe
Old Palace of the Spanish Viceroys Santa Fe
Ottoman Turks Conquered the Byzantine Empire:
1453 AD
Constantinople:
 Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
Ottoman Turks Conquered the Byzantine Empire:
1453 AD
Adrianople:
 Adrianople Edriene Became the Ottoman Capital Before Constantinople
Adrianople Edriene Became the Ottoman Capital Before Constantinople
Ottoman Turks Conquered the Byzantine Empire:
1453 AD
Ankara:
 Timur the Mongol Leader Defeated the Ottoman Ruler, Bajazet, and Took Him as a Prisoner in Ankara
Timur the Mongol Leader Defeated the Ottoman Ruler, Bajazet, and Took Him as a Prisoner in Ankara
Ottoman Turks Conquered the Byzantine Empire:
1453 AD
Kosovo:
 The Battle of Kosovo June 28, 1389
The Battle of Kosovo June 28, 1389
Columbian Exchange:
1492 AD
Benin:
 Map of Benin
Map of Benin

 
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Istanbul
 Suleiman Mosque Istanbul
Suleiman Mosque Istanbul
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Ankara
 Old Mosque in Ankara
Old Mosque in Ankara
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Tabriz
 Manuscript from Tabriz 1247-1318
Manuscript from Tabriz 1247-1318
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Mohacs
 Battle of Mohacs illustration
Battle of Mohacs illustration
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Vienna
 Jon Sobeiski and Christian Braveheart defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna
Jon Sobeiski and Christian Braveheart at the Battle of Vienna
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Lepanto
 Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronesa
Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronesa
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Cairo
 Ottoman floral decoration from Cairo
Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronesa
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
San Antonio:
 San Antonio Mission
San Antonio Mission
Ottoman Empire Reached Its Zenith Under Suleiman the Magnificent:
1520 - 1566 AD
Istanbul
 Suleiman Mosque Istanbul
Suleiman Mosque Istanbul
 Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Quito:
 Quito was a part of the Vice royalty of Peru
Quito was a part of the Vice royalty of Peru

 

 
 Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Potosi:
 Town view of Potosi
Town view of Potosi
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
St. Augustine:
 Historic St. Augustine
Historic St. Augustine
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Mexico City:
 Baroque Cathedral Mexico City began in 1563
Baroque Cathedral Mexico City began in 1563
Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Lima:
 Lima, Peru 1536
Lima, Peru 1536
 Establishment of the Spanish Empire:
1520s - 1530s AD
Havana:
 Castillo de la Real, Havana
Castillo de la Real, Havana