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Background and History of the
European Expansion
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Where are we in the timeline?
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Proserity In EuropeScientific advancementsTrade with Far EastSearch for new and direct routes to Asia.Desire to explore new regions.
Why Was it possible?Factors
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Why Spain and Portugal?
Stategic LocationLocated in the Iberian PeninsulaNear the Mediterranean Sea.Coasts of Atlantic Ocean.
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America was an unknown continent for Europeans.
Known places for Europeans: they had comercial trade.
EuropeCoasts of Africa Asia
The world in the 15th Century
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The world in the 15th Century
Asia
Europe
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Contact increased between Europe Asia and Africa
They wanted to:
Find Land and riches
Low Middle Ages 11th to 15th Century
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The Atlantic Ocean: “Sea of darkness”
Africa
EuropeAsia
Unknown
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What did Europeans think they could find?
Monsters
Riches
Extraordinary creatures
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News from merchants and travelersProducts: porcelain, silk, pearls, prcious
metals and Spices
Trade with East
Add flavor
Medicine
perfume
Preserve meat
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Trade routes
India
Persia
JapanChina
South East Asia: Spice Islands
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Rich merchantsProgress in navigational technologyForm comercial trading centers in the
What trade made possible
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Nautical equipment:Safer and more agile shipsBetter maps
Astronomy world was a sphere, not flatNatutical maps : -navegegation routes
-Maps -Costal cities
Scienctis studied The behaviour of the winds
New ships: The caravel Scientific advancements -Astrolabe
-Compass
Advancements in navigation technology