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The World in 1492Karla Castillo
The Grand Tour: EuropeEuropean countries strive for expanding their
dominance• Trading markets causing
territorial expansion• Financial backing of
explorations within empires• Monarchs causing more
peasants in eastern Europe
The Grand Tour: Turkey to AfricaExpansions leading to discoveries of Indian ocean• Muslim domains across eastern hemisphere• Spanish spreading their religion• Ethiopia becomes important through trade
The Grand Tour: South AsiaSouth Asia welcome new cultures and visitors
• Muslims advance their “enlightened” societies• Vietnam slowly extending its conquests• “Spice Islands” in Indonesia become goal of competition
The Grand Tour: China and JapanChina and Japan stay in their boundaries
• China’s prosperous economy and technology gave Chinese little incentive to go beyond their country.
• Japan remain independent but going through troublesome times
The Grand Tour: The Western Hemisphere
“New World” discovery vital in exploration• Mayans ahead in art and astrology• Aztecs huge and advanced city of Tenochtitlan• Incas create imperial roads that tied their empire together
The Staff of LifeLife style of each land area influenced
development of each society• Europe’s wheat: cooperative hand labor, beasts and farming• Asia’s rice: crowded villages, hand labor, tax collection• America’s corn: grows quickly for free time to build pyramids• Introduction to western hemisphere improved global diet
The Great TraditionsBureaucracy, significant cities, writing & technology
• Outsiders learning new customs• Empires changing due to climate, economics and invasion• Introduction to artists and intellectuals
The European Challenge
Territory, language and religion• Inventions and advances perfected• Commerce over religion• Early form of capitalism: “commercial capitalism”• Banking, insurance and joint-stock financed explorations• Europe’s technology gives it advantage over the world