We will investigate the World around the year 1500 CE. We will be looking at a roughly 300-year span of time, starting with the Black Plague in 1348 and ending with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Along the way, we will encounter the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation, Henry VIII and his progeny, the Elizabethan Age, the “Age of Exploration,” the Aztecs and Incas and Mayans, the Ming Dynasty, the Mughal Empire in India, the religious wars in Europe, and a bit of Japanese history during the Age of the Samurai. It is an era full of memorable characters and events! Join us for our own “age of discovery.” Students should be willing to read some primary source material.