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Crusades
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-(1095-1289) a series of religious wars that lasted hundreds of years and started because Muslims were taking over holy lands-rulers in holy land shut off pilgrimage--the Pope got mad and told to send armies (conquer holy lands for Christianity)-was a "Children Crusade": all drowned-Christians did succeed for a while, but lost in the end--Muslims were allowed to keep holy lands. |
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Marco Polo
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 -(1271-1295) an Italian explorer that was looking for an expedition to the far east-kept journals-sailed down to Middle East down Caribbean route and stayed for a while (around Southeast Asia--back to Middle East) |
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"Silk Road"***
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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 -dedicated to overseas expedition-started a school for navigators (to increase knowledge)-put a lot of money into expedition-Catholic |
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Mariner's Compass
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 -not originally invented by Europeans (originally invented in China)-showed which direction one was traveling-Europeans adopted the compass to make Marine's Compass (took off in Atlantic) |
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Mariner's Astrolabe
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 -developed in Europe (got from Middle East by Arabs)-helped Muslims figure out which to pray in-adopted to tell what latitude was-led to more accurate maps |
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Caravels
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 -new ship designed by Europeans-had triangle sails-developed to be quick and navigable-became the standard ship in overseas exploration |
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Canary Islands
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Madeira
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 -Portugal territory-famous for fortified win (grapes) |
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Azores
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Cape Verde Islands
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 Portuguese founded |
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Elmina Castle
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 -a Portuguese trading post that was on the Island coast of Western Africa that was initially controlled and built by the Portuguese that had stone walls and lots of cannons-where they traded with local rulers-meant "the mine": mostly traded for gold (the West coast of Africa= "the gold coast")--gold was abundant and very liked/iron was scarce.-eventually taken over by the British? |
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Bartolomeu Dias
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 -a Portuguese explorer-reached the Southern tip of Africa--Cape of Good Hope (1487)="had good hope"-returned back to Portugal and shared discoveries-future: attempted to get further. |
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Cape of Good Hope
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 -where Portuguese explorer, Bartolomeu Dias, reached-the Southern tip of Africa |
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Vasco de Gama
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 -a Portuguese explorer (1897) that got around Africa and cut over to India (got to India and back) |
