HILD 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Magna Carta, English Law, Niger River
Document Summary
Eastern north american tribes: movement in migration, they couldn"t replant on the same lands, they lacked the tools to till the soil and resurface the minerals needed to grow crops. Sparse agricultural & fishing communities: a cultivated, but not urbanized landscape, europeans encountered these and figured that these lands were extremely fruitful. Leif erikson: first to encounter north america. Vinland the region of the northeastern coast of north america that was visited in the 11th century by norsemen led by leif ericsson. It was so named from the report that grapevines were found growing there. Europe and the wider world: europe on the defensive (7th - 15th centuries, crusades (11th - 13th centuries) "you go to heaven if you die in the crusades: trade with the middle and far east, christians adopt asian tech. Motivations for exploration: crusader traditions and competition w/ islam, growth of capitalism and consumerism, desire for better, direct access to eastern commodities, desire for silver/gold.
