The Age of Exploration Chapter 1.2
The Age of Exploration Muslims dominate trade routes between Africa and China, including The Silk Road
The Age of Exploration The Crusades brought Europeans into contact with Asian products
The Age of Exploration 1300s- Venice gains a monopoly over trade from Asia into Europe
The Age of Exploration 1400s- Prince Henry of Portugal attempts to break the Venetian monopoly by finding a sea route to Asia
The Age of Exploration Christopher Columbus proposed a faster route to Asia by sailing west He is wrong, but he discovers a “New World”
The Age of Exploration 1500s- The Columbian Exchange begins- animals, plants and ideas are trades across the Atlantic Ocean