2. 1500 A.D. Political, Cultural, and Economic Conditions

3. Major States and Empires in the Eastern Hemisphere around 1500 A.D England France Spain Russia Ottoman Empire Persia China Mughal India Songhai Empire. (Africa)

4. Empires in the Western Hemisphere around 1500 A.D Incan Empire Mayan Empire Aztec Empire

5. Five Religions By 1500 A.D., the five world religions had spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere.

6. Five Religions and Concentration Judaism—Europe and the Middle East Christianity—Europe and the Middle East Islam—Parts of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe Hinduism—India and part of Southeast Asia Buddhism—East and Southeast Asia

7. Five Religions and Concentration Which of these religions had spread to other places than where it was in the 1500’s and why?

8. Trade By 1500, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

9. Trade How did people travel along the Silk Road? At the time were there other trade routes?

10. Trading Patterns around 1500 A.D Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa

11. Trading Patterns around 1500 A.D (Continued) Northern European links with the Black Sea Western European sea and river trade South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia

12. By 1500 A.D., technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world. Advancements Technological and Scientific

13. Technological and Scientific Advancements Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China) Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle East) Scientific transfer—medicine, astronomy, mathematics

14. Technological and Scientific Advancements What transfer of these scientific and intellectual ideas indicates what about human contact?