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Reaching Out: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural Interaction Chapter 21 1000-1500 C.E. Reaching Out: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural Interaction Hint: A VERY Important Chapter to the AP College Board Folks…

Patterns of Long-Distance Trade Silk roads Sea lanes of Indian Ocean basin Trans-Saharan caravan routes Development of trading cities, emporia Nomadic invasions cause local devastation but expand trade network Example: Mongols in China, thirteenth century

Marco Polo (1253-1324) Europe to China and back again Traveled to China with merchant father & uncle Enters service of Mongol Khubilai Khan (Yuan) Returns to Venice after 17-year absence Experiences recorded by fellow prisoner in Venice-Genoa conflict Great influence on European engagement with far east

Travels of Marco Polo

Political and Diplomatic Travel Trade created a demand for diplomatic relations between states after 1000 C.E. 13th century - Mongols & Christians recognize Muslims (Abbasid empire) as a common enemy. Pope Innocent IV invites Mongols to convert to Christianity and join an alliance against Islam Mongols counter-offer: Christians accept Mongol rule or face destruction ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Diplomatic Travelers Rabban Sauma Nestorian Christian priest sent to pope by Mongols in Persia, 1287, regarding proposed attack on Jerusalem Proposed an alliance. Did not win European support Why? A few years later… 1295, new Mongol leader of Persia accepts Islam Alliance now? Not on your life….

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Diplomatic Travelers Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) Islamic scholar, worked in governments along the way during his extensive travels Believed in a very strict interpretation of sharia law. Lashes for drinking alcohol, hand amputations for theft Once sentenced a man to 80 lashes for drinking wine eight years earlier. Unable to convince women of Maldive Islands to cover breasts ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Missionary Travelers Sufi missionaries travel throughout new Muslim territories, 1000-1500 C.E. Christian missionaries accompany & follow crusaders Roman Catholic priests travel east to serve expatriate communities John of Montecorvino travels to China in 1291 Translates Biblical texts, builds churches Most active of Roman Catholic missionaries to China.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cultural Exchanges Songs and stories – troubadours European scientists consulted with Muslim and Jewish counterparts on understanding of natural world Magnetic compass from China and other technological exchanges ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spread of Crops Spread of new crops had a strong impact: Citrus fruits, Asian rice, cotton Sugarcane Muslims introduce crystallized sugar to Europeans Demand increases rapidly Europeans use Muslim precedent of having large populations of slaves work on sugarcane plantations ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Gunpowder Technologies Muslims, Mongols spread gunpowder Technology reaches Europe by mid-thirteenth century Hand cannon, late 14th century Medieval hand cannon, 1380 ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Crisis and Recovery “Little ice age,” ca. 1300 C.E. Decline of agricultural output leads to widespread famine Brings about the failure of the Norse colony of Greenland. Bubonic plague spreads from southwest China Carried by fleas on rodents Mongol campaigns spread disease to Chinese interior ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Spread of Plague Mongols, merchants, travelers spread disease west 1346 Black Sea ports 1347 Mediterranean ports 1348 western Europe

Population Decline (millions)

Social and Economic Effects of the Black Death Massive labor shortage How would this effect the feudal serf/lord relationship? Demand for higher wages Population movements Governments attempt to freeze wages, stop serf movements Riots result ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Plague & Serfdom In a nutshell, the plague spelled the end of serfdom in western Europe Manorialism and Feudalism declined as a result Workers gained power and rights. ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Recovery in China: The Ming Dynasty Yuan dynasty collapses 1368, Mongols depart Impoverished orphan raised by Buddhist monks, works through military ranks, becomes Emperor Hongwu Proclaims new Ming (“brilliant”) dynasty, 1368-1644 ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ming Centralization Reestablishment of Confucian educational system Execution of minister suspected of treason, begins tradition of direct rule by emperor Reliance on emissaries called mandarins Heavy reliance on eunuchs Sterile, could not build hereditary power base Centralized structure lasts through Qing dynasty to 1911

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Economic Recovery Conscripted labor to repair, rebuild irrigation systems Promoted manufacturing of porcelain, silk Cultural revival Attempted to eradicate Mongol legacy ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Recovery in Western Europe: State Building China: centralized empire Europe: regional states Europe develops new taxes Bonds, salt tax, sales tax, hearth tax, head tax, plow tax European regional states establish large standing armies French Louis XI (1461-1483) had army of 15,000 ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spain Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabel of Castile, 1469 Major political and economic alliance Completes reconquista in 1492 Funded Columbus’s quest for China ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Renaissance, Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century “Rebirth” of classical culture Italian artists use perspective Work with real human anatomy and musculature Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Architecture: domed cathedrals Imitation of Roman domes ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Crucifixion by Rafael Venus was painted by Sandro Botticelli The Crucifixion by Rafael

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Humanists Humanities: literature, history, moral philosophy Renaissance humanists deeply devoted to Christianity Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) publishes critical Greek-Latin edition of New Testament The Father of Christian Humanism Also devoted to rediscovering classical Latin texts, often ignored in monastic libraries ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Humanist Moral Thought Rejection of monastic lifestyle in favor of morally virtuous life while engaged in the world Marriage, business Reconciliation of Christianity with rapidly changing European society and economy ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Exploration and Colonization Ming dynasty xenophobic Mongol experience Allowed small foreign populations in port cities The exception was Emperor Yongle Yongle engaged Admiral Zheng He to mount seven massive naval expeditions, 1405-1433 Placed trade under imperial control Demonstrated strength of Ming dynasty Successful, but aborted with the death of Yongle and the rise of a new Mongol threat in the north ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Treasure Fleet Voyages of Zheng He ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Chinese and European Voyages of Exploration, 1405-1498 ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

European Exploration in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Motives: $ and V (profit & missionary activity) Portuguese early leaders in Atlantic exploration Search for sea route to Indian Ocean basin Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Begins encouragement of major Atlantic voyages ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Colonization of the Atlantic Islands Madeiras, Azores Islands, etc. Investments in sugarcane plantations Exploration of west African coast Dramatically increases volume of slave trade Ultimately, some 12 million Africans deported to Americas for slave labor ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Indian Ocean Trade Attempt to avoid using Muslim middlemen in trade with east 1488, Bartolomeu Dias sails around Cape of Good Hope 1497-1499, Vasco da Gama sails this route to India and back Portuguese gun ships attempt to maintain trade monopoly Beginnings of European imperialism in Asia ©2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Christopher Columbus Search for western sea route to Indian Ocean Portuguese consider his proposal impractical, reject it Ferdinand y Isabel of Spain underwrite voyage; departs in 1492 Makes landfall in San Salvador Believed he had reached islands off coast of Asia

There will be an Open Notes test on Chapter 21 when you return from Spring Break based on this lecture and your textbook reading. Sooooooooooooooo, if you haven’t already read and taken notes on Chapter 21, please do so. You can use the rest of this block to strengthen your notes. Use this lecture, the Ch 21 outline and the textbook.