A map showing the various peoples of the eastern hemisphere around 1492.

Aldus Manutius Founds the Aldine Press

Decline of the Silk Road

Fragmentation of the Bahmani Sultanate

Christianity Is Established in the Kingdom of Kongo

Fall of Granada

Jews Are Expelled from Spain

Columbus Lands in the Americas

Ponce de León’s Voyages

Reign of Huayna Capac

Reign of Mohammed I Askia

Reign of Maximilian I

Treaty of Tordesillas