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HIS 1300 Midterm 1the age of exploration - answer creating the Atlantic world
Atlantic world - answer Europe, Africa, n. America, s. America, America
Indian ocean - answer Erythraean Sea
pillars of Hercules - answer Strait of Gibraltar; mountain peak on the Africa side and the
Rock of Gibraltar on the Europe side
Essential trait of roman empire - answer trade
1154 MAP by Muhammad al-Idrisi - answer map on the table, no "up". Included med
sea, n. Africa, Europe, and parts of Asia. Oriented with the south towards the top.
Venice - answer Beginning- after the roman empire fell, this place kept trade going and
became a maritime trade city. Feudal System is its core. This city's trading ships still
crossed the Med
1254 Marco Polo - answer Venetian merchant who traveled the black sea with the intent
of finding the silk road and initiating trade between China and Venice
The Silk road - answerAn ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean
Sea linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey
to Cathay.
Ships from Venice go and pick up goods to bring back and trade
Genova - answerRival of Venice but not anywhere near their magnitude. (UPS and
FEDEX)
Venetian-Genoese Wars - answer4 wars between Venice and Genova (1256-
1270;1294-1299;1350-1355;1377-1381). Each would attack the other's trading ports
Rustichello da Pisa - answerMarco Polo was captured during the 1294-1299 V-G wars
and was taken prisoner. This man was a writer and Polo's cellmate; Polo told him all of
the stories of his travels. Writes "The Travels of Marco Polo" 1298-99. Europe devoured
the story
Italians - answerWho was most interested in "The Travels of Marco Polo"? Where was
Rustichello from?
, Mansa Musa I - answer1312-1337; Malian Emperor. Richest man on the planet. Where
he went, gold showed up.
Malian Empire - answerWest Africa, If you were a merchant and docked here, you'd
immediately notice the gold. Mansa Musa I is emperer
Musa Travels to Mecca - answer1324-1325; On his way, he stops in Cairo and is
dishing out gold left and right. (said to have flooded the egyptian market, reducing the
value of gold for 10 years). this event gets told to acre, alexandria, tunis, genova,
venice, and constantinople
The Catalan Atlas 1375 - answerSpanish map with the island of manorca. Meant to be
walked around. Musa is actually on the map 50 years after his travels to mecca holding
gold
Constantinople 1453 - answer(and Mediterranean world) Was designed as the 2nd
capital of rome. Named after Constantine. Was formerly the Byzantine Empire.
After being taken by the Ottomans, it is now their capital. Ottomans were the greatest
land power.
the capital and almost the only outpost left of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the army of
the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" in 1453, an event that marked the end
of Christian Byzantium.
venice - answerleading maritime power in the eastern mediterranean
1470 Ottoman midset - answerthey want sea power, political power, and religious power
(foreshadowing conflict with spain with Phillip II)
1460s Venetian-Ottoman War - answerweakening in venetian powers and increasing
ottoman's power. Ottomans now have more control of the Med, especially in the East.
Eastern Mediterranean - answerExtremely important to trade because it connects the
silk road to all the major trading cities in Europe.
After the Venetian-Ottoman War, the Ottomans made it extremely unsafe for Christian
(European) travelers. Ottomans were Islamic.
Iberian Peninsula - answerSpain and Portugal. After the Ottomans take over the Med,
the shift in attention and power goes over here
Portugal - answerAtlantic Country
Spain (spanish kingdoms) - answerAtlantic/Mediterranean Country
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