HIST 223 Midterm: HISTORY 223 MIDTERM EXAM CHAPTER NOTES
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These are one or two sentence summaries for every paragraph in the book. The christians and muslims competed over the holy land and trade routes with asia. Portugal built special ships called caravels which were made for the stormy atlantic. This made them important traders between england and mediterranean countries. European nations colonized atlantic islands and used them for farming and ports. The christians weren"t able to win back jerusalem because they were too busy warring with themselves. The christians wanted to reconquer jerusalem because that is where they believed. The catholics were trying to conquer west africa to find gold. Portuguese renewal of the reconquista stimulated a similar revival in castile. The spanish increased state power and started the spanish inquisition. Granada fell to the catholics but an honorable surrender was set up so that muslims would practice in their own mosques. Jews were kicked out of granada and all of spain.
