The Age of Exploration

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The Age of Exploration

• Chapter 1.2

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The Age of Exploration

• 700-1400- Muslims dominate trade routes between
  Africa and China, including The Silk Road

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The Age of Exploration

• 1100-1200- The Crusades brought Europeans into
  contact with Asian products

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The Age of Exploration

• 1300s- Venice gains a monopoly over trade from
  Asia into Europe

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The Age of Exploration

• 1400s- Prince Henry of Portugal attempts to break
  the Venetian monopoly by finding a sea route to
  Asia

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The Age of Exploration

• 1492- Christopher Columbus proposed a faster
  route to Asia by sailing west
• He is wrong, but he discovers a New World

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The Age of Exploration

• 1500s- The Columbian Exchange begins- animals,
  plants and ideas are trades across the Atlantic
  Ocean