HIST 1007 Chapter : Background To Western Expansion
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Muslim leaders off the spanish peninsula: myth: prester john, somewhere on the other side of the muslim empires is a rich. Eastern christian kingdom where prester john ruled: some believed was ethiopia (1500) India in 1500: missionaries sent out while on voyages; colony most successful in. Interested in military matters and famous for futuristic inventions (tank, flying devices: christopher columbus, grew up in genoa from humble circumstances, largely self taught, interested in geography and exploration. The role of spain: ferdinand and isabella- combination of renaissance spirit and crusading spirit, the year 1492: notion of the second coming of christ so f & i believe they must convert as many people as popular before. 1500: manage to kick out the remaining muslims out of spain, march: jews must convert and if not you would be expelled, jews scatter across europe( ottoman empire accept many of them graciously)
