HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Habsburg Rule Modern or Medieval II Bourbon France absolutism triumphant III The fate of Central Europe the 30 years war 1618 1648 and ending political fragmentation Outline of Current Lecture I Europe and world trade before Columbus A Before Early 1400 s Europe was culturally politically and economically underdeveloped B Europe was linked with two major trade routes 1 Gold from the Akan states in Africa 2 Spices from India and Indonesia C With the discovery of the Atlantic ocean as a trade route came the beginnings of a European dominated society 1 Expand and reinstate trade networks 2 Atlantic links up Europe Africa and Asia and replaces the Mediterranean II The age of discovery Europe and merchant capitalism A Rise of merchant capitalism 1 Capital credit commodities and labor are all required for the Atlantic world system III The role of Portugal A Conflict between Portugal and Castile Castile wants to take over Portugal as part of their territory B Reconquest Driving Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula C 1453 Constantinople falls to the Ottomans Muslims 1 Lose connection with spice trade 2 Start looking down the African coast 3 Prince Henry the Navigator funds expeditions down the coast of Africa 4 Build a trading post in Africa Elmina 1482 5 Contact with the Congo i King converts to Catholicism 6 1487 Diaz makes it to the cape of good hope These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV 7 Vasco de Gama continues around the cape of good hope and establishes presence in Asia i Lisbon dominates the spice trade The Columbian moment A 1492 Columbus leaves by ship from the Canary Islands this is important because by leaving from the islands he finds the Westerlies winds that direct him towards America B Finds Bahamas first C Makes four voyages in all D Amerigo Vespucci 1 Mundus Novus New World coined by Vespucci E Columbian Exchange the movement of goods food animals and diseases between Africa Europe and the Americas
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