indian hisyorical events 16 centuary
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The world has a population of around 435 million – about one-fourteenth today's population of 6.4 billion.
1501 A military Sufi order in Persia known as the Safavids have survived Timur (Tamerlane) and have adopted the Shia branch of Islam. They have been eager to advance Shi'ism by military means. They seize Tabriz in western Iran and make it their capital. They believe in the glory of their king (shah) and in the old tradition of passing rule and religious righteousness from father to son.
1502 Christopher Columbus begins his fourth and last journey to the Caribbean. He still believes that the islands he has found lay off the coast of India.
1504 Machiavelli is in France, learning about the strength of a nation united under a single ruler rather than under various centers of power.