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Global Interactions in 1500: Trade, Religion & Advancements

Explore the political, cultural, and economic conditions of major states and empires around 1500 AD, along with the spread of five religions and trade patterns. Discover the technological and scientific advancements exchanged among diverse cultures.

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Global Interactions in 1500: Trade, Religion & Advancements

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  1. 1500 A.D. Political, Cultural, and Economic Conditions

  2. Major States and Empires in the Eastern Hemisphere around 1500 A.D • England • France • Spain • Russia • Ottoman Empire • Persia • China • Mughal India • Songhai Empire. (Africa)

  3. Empires in the Western Hemisphere around 1500 A.D • Incan Empire • Mayan Empire • Aztec Empire

  4. Five Religions • By 1500 A.D., the five world religions had spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere.

  5. Five Religions and Concentration • Judaism—Europe and the Middle East • Christianity—Europe and the Middle East • Islam—Parts of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe • Hinduism—India and part of Southeast Asia • Buddhism—East and Southeast Asia

  6. Five Religions and Concentration • Which of these religions had spread to other places than where it was in the 1500’s and why?

  7. Trade By 1500, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

  8. Trade How did people travel along the Silk Road? At the time were there other trade routes?

  9. Trading Patterns around 1500 A.D • Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin • Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean • Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa

  10. Trading Patterns around 1500 A.D (Continued) • Northern European links with the Black Sea • Western European sea and river trade • South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia

  11. Technological and Scientific Advancements By 1500 A.D., technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world.

  12. Technological and Scientific Advancements • Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China) • Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle East) • Scientific transfer—medicine, astronomy, mathematics

  13. Technological and Scientific Advancements • What transfer of these scientific and intellectual ideas indicates what about human contact?

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