the world in 1492
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The World In 1492Pablo R Ortega
The Grand Tour: Europe 1492Europe is a collection of City states
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Of Castile married and unite Spain
Grenada last Muslim out post in Europe conquered by the Spanish
The wealth used to send Columbus on voyage to the western hemisphere
Ottoman Sultan Bayezid ruled ottoman empire
Conquers Constantinople in 1453
Major military activity is attacks in Hungary by sultan Bayezid
Granada is conquered
Jews are explled from Spain in 1492
The Grand Tour: Turkey To Africa
Most of India is Muslim
Exception of the Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar
Malacca is ruled by Sultan Mahmud the seventh and last of the native rulers
The Grand Tour: South Asia
In 1492 Emperor Xiaozong ruled china
Zheng he the three jeweled eunuch sets out on voyages to the west
Chinese merchants are forbidden from traveling abroad
Japan at this time is explored by Marco Polo exciting the imagination of Christopher Columbus
Grand Tour: China and Japan
Aztec confederation of Triple Aliance
The Putuma were unfazed by foreigners due to extensive trade along the coast
Little to no naval expansion by Maya or Aztec
Grand Tour: The Western Hemisphere
Europe was a Wheat,Barley,Oats and Rye
producing Country
Rice and other spices were scarce or
under Muslim merchant possession
The exploration latter brought other goods to Europe
The Staff of Life
Empire building and Development of Governments
City States Dominate Europe landscape
While in Americas and other places Centralized Governments Rose and Fell
Ells were hunter gather groups roamed in-between
The Great Traditions
Commerce and War made Europe Grow
Contact with the East And west spurred exploration
Columbus's Voyage needed because of Europe's need for Asian Goods
European Challenge