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| Trade routes that connected China to to the west (one of the prized luxury items from china was silk). In use for over 1500 years beginning in the 2nd century AD |
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| Grandson of Ghenghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol empire. Polos spent 20 years at his court. |
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| The Travels of Marco Polo |
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| When Marco Polo returned to Venice he was taken prisoner by the Genoese. Polo told his prisonmate, Rustichello, about his travels and Rustichello wrote this book about the things Marco Polo saw. Although Rustichello embellished a lot. |
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| Year the Chinese overthrew the Mongols - blocked eastern portion of silk route to foreigners. During same time some Mongols became Muslim and blocked Christians from other parts of the silk route |
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| The Ottoman Turks take Constantinople - the Turks now control all land routes to Asia. Turks impose extra fees - Asian goods become very expensive for Europeans. |
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| Son of King John of Portugal. Fascinated with navigation & wanted to find a water route to the East. Sent Portugese ships along the coast of Africa past Cape Bajoador (by the Canary Islands) |
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| Arab name for the Atlantic Ocean. |
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| People of the 13th century believed this was an island, south of the equator, inhabited by horrible monsters. |
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| Sent by King John II of Portugal to explore African coast. The first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope (although he Diaz called it the Cape of Storms). He didn't find Antipodes! |
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| Sailed around Africa - didn't hug coast as Diaz did - out of sight of land for 96 days. Stopped at Mozambique, Mombassa & Calicut. All controlled by Muslims - none happy to see him. |
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| Portugese captured Goa - chief trading city of Muslims & Indians. In 1511 Portugese captured Ormuz and controlled nearly all spice routes. Portugese created a commercial empire - treated Muslims, Africans & Indians very badly. |
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| Portugese epic poem written by Luis Vaz de Camoes, glorifying Portugal's sea explorations to India. Modeled on Virgil's Aneid & Homer's The Odyessey |
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