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Europeans Explore the East

Europeans Explore the East. God Gold Glory. Turks = Ottomans. What is the Problem for Europe and the West with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire?. Search for New Trade Routes Due to the Ottoman Turks. Why go? God- spread Christianity to non-Christians

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Europeans Explore the East

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  1. Europeans Explore the East God Gold Glory

  2. Turks = Ottomans

  3. What is the Problem for Europe and the West with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire?

  4. Search for New Trade RoutesDue to the Ottoman Turks • Why go? • God- spread Christianity to non-Christians • Gold- get rich from items found in Asia • Spices, silk, ect. • Glory- Pride for and from your country • Portugal, Spain, England, France, Netherlands • HOW? - New technology – New Information • Compass, sailing boats (caravel), astrolab

  5. Portugal • Prince Henry- • Conquered parts of N. Africa found gold, silver and spices • Founded a navigation school • Determined to find a route to Asia • Bartolomeu Dias • Spread Christianity • First to go around S. Africa’s tip, “Cape of Good Hope” • Vasco da Gama • Followed Dias’s path, but made it to India • Found the direct sea route to India

  6. Spain • Christopher Columbus- • An Italian sailor wishing to find India/China • Spain sponsored him (Ferdinand & Isabella) • “Discovered?” the Americas • Cortes & Pizarro - Cortes conquers the Aztecs – How? - Pizarro conquers the Inca – How? • Treaty of Tordesilla- • Tensions were on the rise between Portugal and Spain • Pope Alexander VI suggested a Line of Demarcation • A line that ran north and south in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. All the land west belonged to Spain and all the land east belonged to Portugal • They both signed

  7. Here Come the Northern Europeans…. • The fight for the Indian Ocean • Dutch (Netherlands)- • Dutch were much stronger and richer and gained control of much of the valuable Asian trade from Portugal. (Dutch East India Company) • England/France- Last to join in the race for expansion • English-Fought with the Dutch and Portuguese to have dominance over the Asian trade - British East India Company • England and France quickly gain control of American and Asian trade by the mid-eighteenth century. • The Seven Years War (1756 – 1763) – Britain is dominant in North America and Asia (India), by end of 18th century.

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