Question

What are the three events that are often picked out as marking the end of the mediaeval period and the start of the modern age

Answer 1

Answer:

The events may be many but the chief among them is :

DOWNFALL OF MUGHALS : Downfall of Mughals marks the end of medieval Period in India and beginning of Modern Age. This began with the end of Aurangzeb's tenure,

BRITISH REPRESENTATION IN SALIM'S COURT : Some books also claim that when 'Sir Hawkins' and 'Captain Hoe' came as a representative in Jahangir's court and were given allowance of trade, from then on began the modern age.

DOWNFALL OF MARATHAS : Yet, some claim that with the end of Last major Hindu empire in Indian Sub Continent i.e. Maratha Empire , began the Modern age.

Answer 2

Three events are pick out as the marking of this period

1. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 which ended the last traces of the old Roman empire.

2. The development of printing in the 1450s which made books available to anyone who could read.

3. The first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the America in 1492.