ppt课件-accelerationof global contact（accelerationof全球联系）.pptVIP

Acceleration of Global Contact The Age of Exploration 1405-1700s Indian Ocean Background Southeast Asia: Sparsely populated compared to Europe, India, China Rice cultivation and reproductive role gave women power and economic access. Husbands family paid “bride wealth” which wife controlled throughout marriage. Married couples lived in wife’s village Divorce resulted in equal division of property and children. Early Exploration Zheng He (1370s-1453)--China Seven trade voyages into and around the Indian Ocean (Africa, SE Asia, Korea, India…) Early Exploration Eric the Red and Leif Ericson--Viking Greenland, Iceland, Ireland. First Europeans to reach North America European Exploration Factors in European Exploration Centralized Governments Rise of the Monarchs--Ferdinand and Isabella Technology Cannon, Shipbuilding, Magnetic Compass, Map Making European Motivations Religious Conversion Desire to Christianize page world at large Rise of the Aristocracy European nobles are hording wealth and land in Europe Foreign opportunity for success, wealth, and status Government Sponsorship Spice Trade New routs needed as traditional land routs ended. Profit, Profit, Profit “I have come to win gold, not plow the fields like a peasant.” H. Cortes. Christopher Columbus The Problem of Christopher Columbus What kind of man was he? What were his goals What did he make of his Discovery? Columbian Exchange Biological exchange Diseases: Small pox, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, enfluenza killed as many as 90% of central Mexico By 1530: small pox spread from Mexico to Great Lakes region Food, Crops, and Animals Wheat, vines, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep goats, and chickens to Americas. Maize, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, papayas, avocadoes to Europe, Africa, Asia. Eurasian population growth from 425 million in 1500AD to 610 million in 1700. Conquest of Aztec Mexico Hernado Cortez landed in Veracruz 1519 Captured Montezumma II, Aztec Emperor; took