The World In 1492

EUROPEAN MERCHANTS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

•Geneva•Place of Birth

SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

THE NEW CONSTANTINOPLE

•The Reigned of Sultan Bayezid II

THE PEOPLE WERE BUDDHISTS MANY SPICES

•Pepper•Nutmeg•Cloves•Tolerant of other religions

CEASING OVER SEA EXPADENTURE

CHINA AND THE WEST

•Isolation•Technology leaders in 1492•Compass•Black powder•Gold•silk

PRIOR TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

SET FOOT ON WESTERN LAND

•Peruvians Mayas, Aztecs•Wheat, rice and corn•Already tamed –New world

CULTIVATED WHEAT SEEDS RICE CULTIVATION

•Wheat•Corn•Rice•The struggle to cultivate food•Food was needed to become a civilized people

CENTRAL ASIA TO ISLAM

ASIA, CHINA, EUROPE

•All four great centers aquired bureaucratic structures, significant cities, iron implements, writing, and a high technology

EUROPEAN SHIPS NEW APPLICATION SHIPS

•European kingdoms improved their shipping and gained an ultimate advantage over the rest of the world.