1620-Overview-Part I
"Introduction"
Since 1535, Severall Things changed. Much countries started the American Colonization, while others expanded more in the European Continent.
(This Overview will be divided in two parts: Europe and The World and Germany and Brandenburg.)
1. Europe And The World in 1620
Here follow maps of Western and Eastern Europe, and a description for each map
the major countries will be described in Per Country)
Western Europe
Britsh Isles: The Single Great change was in Ireland: Scotland consolidate it power there, but England and Portugal controls 1 prov Each.
Per Country:
England=Naval Power. Once had more lands over the mediterrean, but sold it all. However, Malta is still controlled by them. It has few colonies in North America.
Scotland=It Power is limited just in Northen England and Ireland.
France: : France Finally united the country, however, Caux is still England. It extended their Territorial power by annexing the lands of Brabant, Köln and Baden.
Per Country:
France is considered The Major Military Power in the world, recently won a war vs. Austria, before considered the greatest militar power. It also has colonies in Africa and Northen America.
Iberia:: Spain united the Spanish provinces before England's and Aragon's.
Per Country:
Spain: With the annexation of the islands of Sicily, Sardina and South Italy, Spain become an power inside Europe. However,Spain lost more than Half of Netherlands to the new reformed-nation. It was also the Second nation to estabilish colonies in America. The Biggest are in Northen America(Colombia), but Cuba and some provinces in The Mexican Bay makes Spain a great colonial power.
Portugal: The First Colonial Power in Europe. It militar power in-continent is irrelevant, and their biggest colonies are in Brazil. It's a power in decadence.
Italy: In 1535, Few nations were idendent. In 1620, Just Siena(that surged in this time-line and became the major power in Central Italy) , The Papal States(weaked), Venice and Genoa are idendepent. The Hapsburg family arrived with Austria(In North) and Spain(South).
Netherlands: It is occupied by 3 countries: The Own Netherlands, that controls the most important centers, Spain, owner of 2 provinces and France, that controls Brabant in the south.
(I don't included Netherlands in per country because Brandenburg doesn't knows beans in Asia, so I don't know with Neth. has colonies there.)
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And Then Eastern Europe:
Eastern Europe,1620
Balkans: Austrians and Ottomans dispute for the power there. However, Ottoman Empire declined in the last years, and Austrian conquered Serbia and Wallachia and Hellas declared idependence from the Ottomans. Courland alsos control Bujak, more at north. Venice still controls some coastals provinces.
Per Country:
Ottoman Empire: Ottoman Empire expanded a lot in early XVI Century until the 1580's. But a crisis made the empire loose territories to Austria in Balkans, Persia in the East and countries declared independence in Balkans and North Africa. But in 1620 the situation improved a little.
The Baltic and Poland-Lithuania: Poland and Lithuania united theirselves forming a big power. In baltic, Courland still exist. It owns 4 provinces, Kurland, Memel, Pskov and Bujak, isn't a power however.
Per Country:
Poland: When the two countries united, a new Great Power was born. But the good period didn't lasted for long. Almost of all Russian culture provinces were conquered by Russia(Some before the union). A crisis is happening in the country, decreasing the power in Europe.
Russia: European Russia is united but for 2 or 3 provinces still under Polish control. In Siberia, some nations still exists.
Per Country:
Russia is strong. And Big. It owns 2 CoTs, and has good stability. Slowly, the East is being conquered. Poland is also fearing the rise of Moskva.
Scandinavia: It's formed by 3 countries: Gotland, a island, that people belived the wouldn't last for long, but is alive;Denmark, that lost 1 of the 2 remain provinces in Norway and Jutland to Brandenburg. It is weak; And Sweden, that controls the rest.
Per country:
It's a great power there and good adminstrations made the country rise economically. But, the country lost it province in Germany and the vassal there, both conquered by Brandenburg.
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Trade:
Europe had 11 CoTs in the continent(12 if Astrakhan counted). Brandenburg is the single that controls 2 Cots(Russia too, if astrakhan counted). However, Paris' CoT Is considered the most valuable one.
CoTs
Religion: The Religion Problem went to the max point when countries started to convert to Counter-Reformed Catholics. In the other hand,fortunally, there wasn't a great war involving the two sides, just isolated conflicts, as SpainXNetherlands and BrandenburgXAustria.
Protestantism was powerfull in Northen Europe. 7 countries were protestants.(In fact just England and Brandenburg were great powers of the religion)
The Reformed religion didn't spreaded so much. Until the decade of 1600, just Netherlands had this religion. But Franconia converted to Reformed in this time, givin' the religion a little bit more power.
The Catholic and Counter-Reformed Catholic countries were still the majority.Spain, France and Austria are examples of strong Catholic powers.
The Ortodoxy faith is very small. Until 1580's, Russia was the only survivor. But wallachia and Hellas declared idendence as Orthodxy countries. Russia is the single great power of this Group
The Muslim religion is represented only by Ottoman Empire, wich is not European but has the capital there and controls provinces in the Balkans.
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More
In 1620, 6 wars were goin' in the World. European countries were involved in 5...Here follow:
Also, in 1620, the cities in Europe were growing. The CoT's were a great fator for the growing. 9 of the 10 biggest capitals had more than 100,000 inhabitants, and the biggest one, Constantinople, had more than 500,000. Here goes the 10 biggest capitals in Europe by 1620:
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The Rest Of The World
The Middle East:
The Middle East, 1620
The Middle East, saw many changes from 1535. Persia rose quickly, Ottoman Empire expanded, Ak Koyonulu disappeared, etc.
The 2 great(and rival) powers there are Ottoman Empire, that controls from Asia Minor to Syria, from Caucasus to Egypt, and Persia,that controls Persia to Iraq.
Oman and The Uzbek have a considerably power in their regions.
Asia: In 1620, Asia was almost totally unknown from Brandenburg, so no relevant to be included
Africa: Africa wasn't very known, just some Coastal Provinces, controlled by Native Countries and one or other European Country.
Americas: The North America has idependent countries, in the Eastern Region and Coast. The Central America is almost all controlled by Brandenburg, the Carribean being divided into Brandenburg(Tortuga island), Spain(Curacao, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,Dominica) and France(Trindad&Tobago, Little Antilhas).
