"A preview of a project I'm working on alongside Beyond Typus, Part 2.

I present the 2nd of 7 new bookmarks that will feature in the planned earlier start addon: Ascendant Vijayanagar (c. November 1406)

Announcements & basics out of the way, it is time to start talking details; The addon will be a timeline extension giving us an earlier start date, but a it will also extend the end date to the 2nd of June, 1837. Lets take a look at the last 7 of the XX planned institutions:

1500 - Colonialism (normal start Sevilla)
Historical date 1493. Christopher Columbus returns home after discovering the New World, and brings back the first accounts of wealth to be had. The colonial race begins.

1550 - Scientific Revolution (normal start Nuremberg)
Historical date 1543. Nicolaus Copernicus publishes his famous De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, marking the beginning of the Scientic Revolution and a new way of thinking.

1600 - Global Trade (normal start Amsterdam)
Historical date 1602. the foundation the Dutch East India Company (the original), which would go on to become the most valuable corporation in all of history at its peak.

1650 - Manufacturing (normal start London)
Historical date 17th-18th century. Technological advances and, more generally, greater urbanisation allows the specialisation of labour, a forerunner to the Industrial Revolution.

1700 - Enlightenment (normal start Paris)
Historical date 1715. Traditionally the death of Louis the Great is considered to mark the beginning of the age of Enlightenment, a period of humanism, science, and philosophy.

1750 - Romanticism (normal start Weimar)
Historical date 1760s. The Sturm und Drang movement begins, heralding the beginning of Romantic thought which will grow to have huge impact on in many fields.

1800 - Industrial Revolution (normal start Lancashire?)
Historical date late 18th century. A rapid move towards urbanisation and mass production driven by machinery, steam, and coal. The beginning of the Modern Era."