HIST 102 Lecture 2: Outline 2- Before the Invasion of the Americas (TT)
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Before the invasion of the americas: old world civilizations. Islamic ottoman empire, they incorporated natives into their empire. Silk road compasses, astrolabes, and lateen sails historian alfred crosby. Canary islands, madeira islands, the azores, sao tome, principe the guanche. Comparing the power of european nation-states to contemporary non-european civilizations in the old world . Ming china: beijing and canton, silk and porcelain (exported all over the world, ming voyages (very large, 62 in one voyage, europeans couldn"t match. Empires in northwest africa: mali empire (islamic, participated in foreign trade, built on conquest, stretched. 1000 miles, largely agriculture with a few large cities, center was timbuktu, faded with time, taken by songhay in 1400s: songhay empire (replaced mali, rulers were muslim. What drove columbus across the atlantic in 1492? gold (wealth) religion (spread christianity) Columbus"s letter to the king and queen of spain.
