History 1810E Lecture 2: History - Class 2
21 Jul 2016
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Medieval europe"s contact with the east and the beginnings of exploration. The most sophisticated continent was asia, then africa, then lastly europe. Lots of trade routes running through asia, middle east and africa. When and why did europeans begin to engage broadly with the wider world. Higden world map 1350 (asia whole top half, europe left quarter, africa right quarter) Jerusalem is in the middle of the map. 1: fall of troy, and the bible told people where they came from. Whole sense of who they were resides in jerusalem. Catalan atlas 1375 (map of the mediterranean) Marco polo c. 1270-95 (best known, travelled with his father from venetia to. John mandeville mid fourteenth century (probably didn"t exist: steals things from any travel narrative ever existed, most popular during the ages. Incredibly powerful christian ruler somewhere in the east and ruled over a big christian population: ethiopia is where you hear about him the most, mythical christian figure.
