2. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion III. The Impact of Exploration

3. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Motto at base: Multi pertransibunt et augebitur scientia "Many will pass through And knowledge will be the greater"

4. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 The Middle East: Decline

5. Expansion of Islam

6. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 The Middle East: Decline Chinese Civilization: Withdrawal

8. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 The Middle East: Decline Chinese Civilization: Withdrawal The Americas: Tension & Isolation

9. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 The Middle East: Decline Chinese Civilization: Withdrawal The Americas: Tension & Isolation Europe: Expansion

10. Voyages of Discovery

11. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion

12. New navigational tools

13. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion III. The Impact of Exploration

14. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion III. The Impact of Exploration A. Europeans & the Notion of Civilization

15. Juan Gines de Sepulveda

16. Bartolome de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

17. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion IV. The Impact of Exploration A. Europeans & the Notion of Civilization B. Significance?

18. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion IV. The Impact of Exploration A. Europeans & the Notion of Civilization B. Significance? Ethnocentrism, Multiculturalism, & Religion

19. Chichimecas

20. Michel de Montaigne

21. “I do not find that there is anything barbaric or savage about this nation, according to what I’ve been told, unless we are to call barbarism whatever differs from our own customs. Indeed, we seem to have no other standard of truth and reason than the opinions and customs of our own country. There at home is always the perfect religion, the perfect legal system--the perfect and most accomplished way of doing everything.” -Michel de Montaigne, “On Cannibals” (1580)

22. New World Encounters, I: The Age of Exploration Introduction I. Europe and the World in 1500 II. The Means of European Expansion IV. The Impact of Exploration A. Europeans & the Notion of Civilization B. Significance? Ethnocentrism, Multiculturalism, & Religion