Chapter 15 Outline I. World Contacts Before Columbus 1. The Afro-Eurasian trade world linked Europe‚ Asia and Africa in the 15th century. A. The Trade World of the Indian Ocean 1. Indian Ocean was the center of Afro-Eurasian trade world. 2. Location made crossroads for China‚ India‚ the Middle East‚ and Europe. 3. Trading volume increased over the centuries as merchants congregated in a series of cosmopolitan port cities‚ most had some form of autonomous self-government 4. Most developed
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The "dark" Middle Ages were followed by a time known in art and literature as the Renaissance. The word "renaissance" means "rebirth" in French and was used to denote a phaze in the cultural development of Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. The wave of progress reached the shores of England only in the 16th century. The ideas of the Renaissance came to England together with the ideas of the Reformation (the establishment of the national Church) and were called the "New Learning". Every
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754-755) 3) What can we say about life as an Aztec after reading Duran’s writings? (Document in Strayer‚ 593-596) 4) In his writing‚ “The Conquest of Paradise‚” Sale calls Columbus “Eurocentric.” Could the same be said of Vespucci? Why or why not? (see Vespucci handout from class and Sale’s “Conquest” in “Discovery Documents” on D2L) 5) Based on the documents about the Inkas and the Mughals‚ explain how historical empires attempt to sustain themselves? (Document in Strayer‚ 597-599 and
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surrounding region in the name of Portugal. The territory was named Terra da Vera Cruz (Brazil Historical Setting). About a year later in 1501‚ an expedition under the command of the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci was sent to Terra da Vera Cruz by the Portuguese government. In the course of his explorations Vespucci named many capes and bays‚ including a bay‚ which he called Rio de Janeiro. He returned to Portugal with a cargo of brazilwood‚ and from that time forward Terra da Vera Cruz bore the name of
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Other tribes may speak of the first‚ but never in the same detail or with the same perspective as the original tribe members. Long before settlers arrived in America‚ explorers reported on their voyages to the continent. Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci provided some of the earliest European descriptions of the American continent. Before 1600 Sir Walter Raleigh‚ Richard Hakluyt‚ Thomas Harriot‚ and John White had published accounts of discoveries. The writings of Captain John Smith‚ an explorer
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Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world‚ the second largest in Latin America‚ and the largest Spanish-speaking one. Here you can see the flag and the coat of arms. Europeans first arrived in the region with the 1502 voyage of Americo Vespucci. Buenos Aires was founded twice‚ the last one was in 1580. In May 1810‚ Argentina had its first patriot government. Finally‚ in 1816 Argentina declared its independence. These 3 men are the most important in the history of my country San martin:
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Tiwari 1 Janmejay Kumar Tiwari Research Scholar Department of English & MEL University of Allahabad‚ Allahabad Colonial Enchanter: Postcolonial Enchantress Postcolonialism is a relation of centre and margin‚ oppressor and oppressed‚ colonizer and colonized or in the words of Aime Cesaire “relations of domination and submission.‟‟ Postcolonialism is largely concerned with the politics of culture and postcolonial studies “involves the critical examination of European representations of colonial
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The meeting of cultures • North America first discovered when nomads crossed the Bering Strait(into alaska) • Migrations began 14000-16000 years ago‚ possibly earlier • Resulted from tools‚ spears‚ hunting supplies that made it easier to hunt large animals‚ that crossed between the two continents‚ drawing people into unsettled territories • Mongolian descent (present day Siberia) • Southern Tip of South America discovered around 8000 BC • By 1500 (Europeans coming)‚ there were more people in the
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Kadeem Jackson U.S. History September 25‚2009 Socio-Historical impact of “Racism Is The Result Of Slavery” Human nature wants to cast people who are like oneself as better than people not like oneself. That bias requires very little encouragement when coupled with the tendency towards selective memory. This impairs the normal empathy that generally prevents people from casually harming their fellows. A little push from greed and viola. It ought to be observed that the
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Europe and the World: New Encounters‚ 1500-1800 On the Brink of a New World ❖ By the 16th century‚ the Atlantic seaboard had become the center of a commercial activity that raised Portugal and Spain and later the Dutch Republic‚ England‚ and France to prominence ➢ the age of expansion was a crucial factor in the European transition from the agrarian economy of the MA to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. The Motives ❖ Contact w/non-Europeans remained limited until the end of
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