Began with slaves brought over from the west coast of Africa in regards to Brazil. Islam was spread by traders, merchants, and through warfare just as Christianity was. After muhammeds death, armies conquered areas in the Byzantine and Sassanid empires.

The lasting success of these missionaries is still shown in present day Philippines. With nearly 90% of the country apart of the Christian faith, it's the largest Christian nation on the Asian continent. The vast majority of these Christians are Roman Catholic, just like the Spaniards who settled in Philippines in the 1500's https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2018/07/catholicism-in-the-philippines-during-the-spanish-colonial-period-1521-1898/

A war that I have not learned much about. This is considered one of the first modern wars due to its widespread violence and impact, large armies, and economic impact. It shows how Christianity, like other religions, have internal conflict and yet still remain relatively stable. This war also gave birth to Switzerland and the Dutch Republic after its conclusion.

In all my years, I haven't learned much about the Quaker community and have never heard of Anabaptist! After looking into more, it was created in Switzerland. It shows that even with numerous denominations in numerous areas of the world, Christianity still has a very strong presence and hold on Europe and other areas.

Brought to Japan by a Spanish priest named Francis Xavier in the 1500's, and to China in the 7th century, one could argue that it already was a genuine world religion being in the Middle East, Africa, and then Europe.

A not so good use of the term "if there's a will, there's a way". These empires had no care or worry about the native populations or their benefits but rather only profit and resources. Spice and sugar seemed to be all the rave back then and it came at a very heavy and lasting cost to the indigenous people.

Mountains being that there is an entire land mass in the way of Europe and Asia...crazy! This time brought on so much change in peoples lives that I'd be very interested in how it must've felt to seen corn or something similar for the first time.

Something that again doesn't ever get spoken of is the influence the Dutch had on NYC, one of the most influential cities in the entire world. The city flag mimics the colonial Dutch flag, but other than that there seems to be little traces of Dutch influence in the current day.

An incredibly cruel and unfortunate aspect of this era. The Europeans barely needed to raise a sword to wipe out entire cities and civilizations.

Those who are now actively being persecuted in China, most notably the Uyghur population in the far Northwest of the country. These individuals are primarily muslim and have been attacked by the CCP.

We're not really taught too in depth about the impact the Dutch had on the Americas during this time period. They owned vast plantations and settlements in the West Indies and it basically goes unheard of in our education system compared to the other empires mentioned. I also find it a tad funny how a country of the Netherlands size was able to field such an empire in that era.