HIST 1087- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 73 pages long!)
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Influences by christian faith: garden of eden at top, jerusalem in center, divided into three continents, africa, asia, europe, populated by figures, monsters, views from arabian peninsula, ptole(cid:373)y"s i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)ce. Scientifics (muslim cartographers), culturally: maps change due to economic, politic, and cultural transformations. Asia: 3 areas prompt movement of people in 1200s and 1300s on scale not seen before, new connections opened up new possibilities to rulers, merchants, and explorers. Venturing into atlantic: the spanish meet the taino and aztec. In search of three gs: glory, gold, god, columbus, lead expedition to new world, expected to go to india, caribbean, expected gold, urban centers, and large population to put to work, conquered taino people and established plantations. Invites him to city: thought it was a trap, took montezuma prisoner, four months of fighting, traditional story: spanish vs. aztecs, reality (cid:272)he(cid:272)k: co(cid:396)tes" a(cid:396)(cid:373)y depe(cid:374)ded o(cid:374) u(cid:374)happy t(cid:396)i(cid:271)es u(cid:374)de(cid:396) Aztecs for information and manpower: tlaxcala, had never submitted to aztecs rule.
