The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa, and Asia 1415-1796 Chapter 2 The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa, and Asia 1415-1796
The Search for Spices
The Moluccas p. 85
Class activity p. 85-89 What was Prince Henry objectives? What is a cartographer? Who was Vasco da Gama How did Portuguese exploration lead to the creating of a trading empire? Summarize the story of Christopher Columbus and when did he come to the Americas. Explain what the Treaty of Tordesillas was What is Ferdinand Magellan’s story? What is circumnavigate?
Section 2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa p. 90-94
Portuguese forts Purpose Mombasa Malindi Collecting food Trade tools, cloth, ivory, hides, slaves, etc. Portuguese stayed on the coasts only, never beyond. They didn’t explore.
African Slave Trade Explodes Slave = Slavs taken from Southern Russia to work in Roman times Europeans enter the Slave Trade Plantations Portuguese stayed on the coasts only, never beyond. They didn’t explore.
p. 91 Primary Source Portuguese stayed on the coasts only, never beyond. They didn’t explore.
African Leaders Resist Affonso I king of Kongo Taught by missionaries Opposed slavery Read letter p. 94 Portuguese stayed on the coasts only, never beyond. They didn’t explore.
African Leaders Resist Futa Toro Find it on the map p. 92 Almany opposed The Almany opposed but the French found other places New states emerged and others disappeared forever.
The Asante Kingdom Osei Tutu Unified the kingdom Claimed his right to rule from heaven Officials by merit rather than birth
The Oyo Empire Present day Nigeria Benefited from slave trade
Cape Town See map on p. 92 Boers Dutch farmers
Encounters in East Asia Section 4 (p. 99-103)
Ming China “Our empire owns the world” European textiles and metalwork were inferior
Macao (p. 101) Portuguese trading post Later Supervised trade Dutch, English Supervised trade Payments with gold and silver only
Christian missionaries in China Matteo Ricci Jesuit Contributions Geography Mathematics Philosophy Other scientific topics
The Manchu Conquest (1644) Manchuria The Great Wall Northeast The Great Wall Fall of the Ming Dynasty Beginning of the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty Confucian system of government Kangxi Qianlong Supported by Chinese scholars Kangxi Qianlong Expanded China’s borders Retired after 60 years
Peace and Prosperity Chinese economy expanded New crops from the Americas Corn and potatoes Population boom 140 million (1740) to 300 million (1800) Silk, cotton, porcelain industries expanded internally and internationally
Rejecting contact with Europeans Restricting foreign trade Lord Macartney Head of a British diplomatic mission Brought samples of British- made goods Chinese saw them as crude products and gifts to the emperor. Insisted on an audience with the emperor Kowtow (touching head to the ground). Spoke of natural superiority of the English.
Korea and Japan Korea chooses isolation Foreign Trades in Japan Welcomed first Christian converts Expelled