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The early modern period is characterized by the rise to importance of Science , the shrinkage of relative distances through improvements in Transportation and Communication s and increasingly rapid Technological Progress , Secular ized civic Politics and the early Authoritarian Nation State s. Further, Capitalist Economies and institutions began their rise and development, beginning in northern Italian Republic s such as Genoa , and the oligarchy in Venice . The early modern period also saw the rise and beginning of the dominance of the economic theory of Mercantilism . As such, the early modern period represents the decline and eventual disappearance, in much of the European sphere, of Christian Theocracy , Feudalism and Serfdom . The period includes the Reformation , the disastrous Thirty Years' War , the European Colonization Of The Americas and the peak of the European Witch-hunt craze. THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD IN EUROPE See Also: Early modern Europe The beginning of the early modern period is not clear-cut, but is generally accepted to be in the late 15th Century or early 16th Century . Significant dates in this transitional phase from medieval to early modern Europe can be noted:
The end date of the early modern period is usually associated with the Industrial Revolution , which began in Britain in about 1750. Another significant date is 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution , which drastically transformed the state of European Politics and ushered in the Napoleonic Era and Modern Europe . DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'EARLY MODERN' AND THE RENAISSANCE The expression "early modern" is sometimes, and incorrectly, used as a substitute for the term Renaissance . However, "Renaissance" is properly used in relation to a diverse series of cultural developments that occurred over several hundred years in many different parts of Europe — especially central and northern Italy — and span the transition from late Medieval civilization and the opening of the early modern period. Artistically, the early modern is not a common designation as the Renaissance is clearly distinct from what came later. Only in the study of literature is the early modern period a standard period. Music is generally divided between Renaissance and Baroque . Similarly philosophy is divided between Renaissance Philosophy and The Enlightenment . In other fields there is far more continuity through the period such as Warfare and Science . European Political Powers
IN EAST ASIA The term early modern is most often applied to Europe, and its overseas empire. However, in Japan , the Edo Period from 1590 to 1868 is also sometimes referred to as the early modern period. IN SOUTH ASIA The rise of the Great Mughal Empire usually dated to have begun in 1526 , corresponds nicely with the end of the Middle Ages. The culture which began then included a markedly orderly government, widespread economic prosperity and religious tolerance, and great achievements in the arts in architecture, miniature painting, and literature. It might be fairly said the huge Mughal empire made the small squabbling states of Europe pale to comparative barbaric provinces, as the empire dominated south and south-western Asia, rivaling all other empires in history for both population and area held. IN SOUTHWEST ASIA This era was perhaps the golden age for the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid (Persian) Empire . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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