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Reaching Out: Cross Cultural Interactions

Reaching Out: Cross Cultural Interactions. AP World History Chapter 22. Trade and Travel. Venetian Marco Polo (1253-1324) served under Kublia Khan for 17 years. Recorded travels impact European views of Asia. Mongols, Christians recognize Muslims as common enemy.

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Reaching Out: Cross Cultural Interactions

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  1. Reaching Out: Cross Cultural Interactions AP World History Chapter 22

  2. Trade and Travel • Venetian Marco Polo (1253-1324) served under Kublia Khan for 17 years. • Recorded travels impact European views of Asia. • Mongols, Christians recognize Muslims as common enemy. • Traveling diplomats include RabbanSauma (Nestorian) and IbnBattuta (1304-1369) • Muslim and Christian missionaries moved throughout region. Marco Polo in Mongolian attire.

  3. Cultural Exchanges • Muslims, Jews and Europeans exchange cultures. • Muslims introduce Europeans to sugar. • Gunpowder technology reaches Europe by 1258. The Sultiana, a bronze muzzle-loading cannon, was used by the Ottomans in the siege of Constantinpole. The cannon used gunpowder to launch a 25-inch stone cannonball.

  4. Bring Out Your Dead! • The Bubonic Plague comes from SW China. • Mongols, merchants, travelers spread disease west (1346-1348). • 60-70% mortality rate within days of onset of symptoms. • Has significant social and economic impact. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qK4X6bqy3o&feature=related

  5. The Culprits

  6. The Symptoms Bulbous Septicemic Form:almost 100% mortality rate.

  7. Lancing a Buboe

  8. The Disease Cycle Flea drinks rat blood that carries the bacteria. Bacteria multiply in flea’s gut. Human is infected! Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound. Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.

  9. The Fall of the Mongols An African giraffe that was put on display in a Ming Zoo. • The Mongols depart China, and the Ming Dynasty takes over. • Dynasty brings back Confucian teaching, centralization. • Society sees economic, cultural recovery.

  10. Recovery Spreads West • European recovery begins with taxes, formation of standing armies. • Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain fund age of discovery. • Completes reconquista of peninsula. Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and their subjects.

  11. The “Rebirth” of Europe • The Renaissance brings about a rebirth of classical culture (art, architecture, etc.). • Humanists maintain strong connection to Christianity. • Group promotes staying pure while living in the real world. Michelangelo’s famous David statue (slightly modified).

  12. Images of the Renaissance The School of Athens by Rafael Left: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Below: St. Peter’s Basilica.

  13. Exploring the World • The Ming Dynasty promotes naval exploration. • Europeans explore in Indian, Atlantic oceans for God and gold. • Bartholomew Diaz, Vasco Da Gama and Christopher Columbus usher in Age of Discovery. Vasco Da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (1497-1499)

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