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| 1571 |
| | | The Philippines and its governor general are placed under the authority of the Spanish governor of New Spain, ruling from Mexico City | |
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| 1573 |
| | | The tomb in Delhi of the Mughal emperor Humayun introduces the shape of dome which characterizes his dynasty's architecture | |
|  | Humayun tomb, Delhi
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| 1573 |
| | | Oda Nobunaga takes power into his own hands, after ruling for a while through the Ashikaga shogun | |
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| 1583 |
| | | The Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China, and becomes the first western student of Chinese civilization | |
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| 1587 |
| | | 16-year-old Abbas I, subsequently one of the greatest of shahs, inherits the throne of Persia | |
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| 1588 |
| | | The shogun's Tea Master awards a gold seal with the one word raku ('felicity') to a beautiful bowl, thus naming Japan's most famous ware | |
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| c. 1590 |
| | | Arjan, the fifth Sikh guru, builds many gurdwaras and commences the holy city of Amritsar | |
|  | Amritsar
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| c. 1595 |
| | | The writings of Matteo Ricci introduce Kung Fu Tzu to Europe under a Latin version of his name - Confucius | |
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| 1595 |
| | | The first Dutch expedition round the Cape reaches Java and secures trading agreements | |
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| 1598 |
| | | Shah Abbas builds up Isfahan as a spectacular new capital of the Persian empire | |
|  | Friday Mosque, Isfahan
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