ANTHRO 41A Final: final study guide

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Thomas Douglas

Document Summary

Fall of empire due to disease, spanish made allies with local groups (tlaxcalans) Left cuba in search of a route to china / india. Timing of cortez"s arrival - aztec"s did not initially attack him, thinking he was. Conquest of americas led to europe gaining economic advantage. Global economic center shifts from indian ocean to europe. Found by a peasant rebel - hongwu emperor. Rejected confucianism and expanded trade (late 1300s to early 1400s) Huge chinese naval eet that explored the indian ocean, protected merchants from piracy. China became a global superpower and maintained the largest navy. Signed treaties, created military and economic alliances (yongle emperor) Chinese navy fell into decline after deaths of zheng he and yong le. Faced struggles against mongols and lost focus on international relationships. No longer maintained a signi cant navy to be able to halt the growth of european colonialism in the 1500s.