1. The Age of Exploration

2. The Crusades

3. The Silk Road

4. So, what main factor motivated Europeans to explore?
Europeans wanted to find a water route to Africa and Asia.

5. The 3 G’s
Gold
Glory
God

6. Explorers wanted gold but also anything that would make them money.
Foreign spices were highly desired but could only be found in the Spice Islands.

7. Spice Islands

8. Glory
Printing Press – allowed people to get famous for their exploits and findings.
Kings wanted glory for their kingdoms. The bigger, the more glory they received.

9. God
Europeans have always seen it as their duty to spread Christianity.
Exploring and colonizing new lands allowed them to convert Natives.

10. But, wait. How did Europeans have the ability to explore far away?
New technology!

11. Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese
Started a school for seafaring and exploring.
Combined Islam ship technology with new innovations.

12. New Technology Caravel - new, faster, more maneuverable ship.
Compass, Astrolabe, maps
- technologies taken from Islamic culture.