Up to this point in History

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Up to this point in History

• The Roman Empire fell in 476 AD Europe fell
  into the Dark Ages
• Crusades started in 1095 Europeans came in
  contact with Arab merchants
• Arab merchants sold Asian goods peeked interest
  in Asia

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QuestionWhat were the reasons behind European
exploration?
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The Three Gs

• 1- God to spread religion/claim land in the name
  of God
• 2- Gold To gain wealth through gold silver/To
  gain landlandpower!
• 3- Glory To be famous

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QuestionWhat factors made it possible for
Europeans to explore?
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Economic Factors

• 1- Commercial Revolution
• Selling goods and services for a profit
• 2- Monopoly of trade routes by Venice and Genoa
• 3- Increase in science, art learning
  Renaissance

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Economic Factors

• 4-High price of goods because
• distance traveled
• passing through many hands
• Italian Islamic traders
• Italian traders had control of Mediterranean
• Ottoman traders had control of the overland routes

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Economic Factors

• 5-Portuguese contact with Africa resulted in a
  new source of some goods (i.e. gold, salt, ivory
  and slaves)
• Bartholomeu Dias Expedition around Africa set
  up trade.
• People wanted riches found in faraway lands

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Technological Factors

• 1-Great improvements in sails, shipbuilding, and
  navigational instruments.
• A) Astrolabe determines latitude and time
• B) Compass to determine direction
• C) Caravel faster, larger than other ships
• D) Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal-
• - started a school for navigator

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Technological Factors
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Geographic Factors

• 1- Land routes took longer
• 2- Portuguese explorers found route to Asia by
  sailing south

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Personal Factors

• 1- Some explorers wanted to be the first to find
  new routes for trade
• It would bring them fame and glory

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Political/Cultural Factors

• 1- Ottoman Turks controlled much of land routes.
• 2- Portugal became leader, found new route to
  Asia, new source of gold.

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• All of the Above factors created competition
  among the European nations.
• They all wanted.
• God, Gold Glory!!!!!