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| 1371-1435. arrived in East Africa, took giraffe present to chinese emperor as gift. commander of a Chinese fleet under the Ming dynasty. This fleet quickly visited Malacca shortly after its founding in the early 16th century. In order for Paramesvara to maintain patrimony from local rivals he cemented this relationship with the Chinese with a visit to Beijing. As a result of Zhenghe's visit, Malacca's leader also converted to Islam in order to enhance their ability to participate in the trade that passed through the strait between Malaya and Sumatra, which in turn allowed Malacca to become a leading economic power. |
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| born 1485 -1547 to lesser nobility. spanish conquistador - led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. 1519- led expedition to Veracruz, to Tenochititlan-friendly welcome from aztecs+montezuma, who believed the visitors were reps of quetzalcoatl-tensions errupted when aztecs would not renounce native beliefs for christianity-took aztec leader hostage-destroyed shrines-introduced disease to aztecs-in turn, destroyed them. |
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| Dom Henrique (Prince Henry "The Navigator") |
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| (1394-1460) sponsored portuguese exploration of the coast of africa- 3 objectives (spread christianity-find christian kingdom to ally against the muslims-new trade opportunities)-1419 found school for navigators searched african coast for gold-1441 landed at Cape Verde brought back slaves- started slave trade for wealthy- |
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| 1498 discovered by Vasco Da Gama- leading trading center for spices on west coast of india during middle ages- ended up being colonized by Britain- |
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| Ottoman conquest of Constantinople |
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| 1453- 80 thous vs 7 thous- turks used massive cannon balls 1200 lb each-good navy seized peninsula north of Golden Horn- walls were breached- byzantine emporer died- entered long period of conquest during this time- |
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| about 1500-1900-middle leg of triangle trade-hard voyage from africa to americas- slave trade-high death rate-1/3 died from disease or malnourishment-estimated 15% died-allowed around 2 mill AA deaths- accounted for trade of about 6 million AA |
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| staple food for pre-columbian people in Americas especially N.a.’s in south america, mesoamerica, carribean by time of spanish conquest- thrives in nutrient poor tropical soils-exported to Africa to become huge vital source of food |
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| domesticated 5-7000years ago by native americans- economically important for N.A. - turned out to be very important to europeans- prospers in areas too dry for rice and too wet for wheat- |
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| successor of Mehmet- 1512-1520- conquered Egypt 1517- conquered holy cities (medina+mecca) and claimed caliph of islam (religious center)-delivered devastating blows to safavid empire in battle of chaldiran- |
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| Suleyman I "The Magnificent" |
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| started conquest against Hungary- had 2 sons executed-3rd became successor |
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| found Safavid dynasty- ruled 1487-1524-controlled most of Iran+ Iraq- battles against Selim and in long run Won. |
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| Ruled Safavids from 1587-1629- reached peak of glory under his rule-created system to train administrators to replace warrior elite-armed army with modern weapons-died 1629 |
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| Mughal Dynasty-Babur was founder-army was smaller BUT with advanced weaponry-died 1530+taken over by son who was very lazy-him+successors thanked advanced weaponry to success |
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| one of most controversial people in India-created crazy rules like no gambling, no drinking, no temples-killed his brother+put brother to jail |
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| means cannon gate-created by Muhmet II-sultan lived there+employed 20,000 people-called Harem |
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| greatest ruler ever of China-made Qing dynasty accepted to Gen Pop-tolerant of christians+other religions-ruler after Kangxi stopped people from converting |
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| took military against unruly tribes to help economy+arts-brought alot of growth to Manchu empire-yet soon brought signs of crumpling |
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| one of the 3 great unifiers- led from 1582to1598-started at bottom and ended up high ranking military officer-when gained control Capital was Osaka-died 1598 |
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