Great Muslim Empires & Europeans Take to the Seas

 Return Vocab Quizzes and Collect Notebooks  Reformation Test  Hwk- Reading Guide on Muslim Empires

 Review Homework on Muslims  Primary Documents on Mughals  Notes on Muslims Empires  Muslim Empire Packet  Homework- Reading Guide on Exploration in the East

 Original – Asia Minor  Expanded to Southwest Asia, Southeastern Europe (Balkan Peninsula), and North Africa  Ottomans Ottomans

 Capital at Istanbul  Used Islam as a unifying force  Traded in coffee and ceramics

 North India  Spread Islam into India  Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan to remember who favorite who died in childbirth. Akbar

 Southern India traded spices, silks, and gems  Europeans set up trading outposts in India (British East India Company)  French, British, and Dutch competed with each other  Influence of Indian Textiles on the British

 Warm-up and review homework  Review Vocab Assignment  Columbus- Hero or Villain  Notes  Foldable on Explorers  Homework- Choose Explorer for Project

 Crusades introduced Europeans to luxury goods from Asia  Silk Road and other trade routes  enabled goods from Asia to reach Europe

 Mongol Empire provided the organization and structure necessary to maintain the trade routes between Europe and Asia  In addition, goods were sent to Western Europe from merchants in Constantinople (major trading center in the Byzantine Empire)

 European trade with Asia was disrupted by the Black Death and the decline of the Mongol Empire  Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks (Istanbul)  Muslim and Italian merchants controlled the majority of the trade between Europe and Asia (middle men)

 Europeans wanted direct access to Asian products/markets  European powers searched for a new route to Asia that did not include Mediterranean region Reasons for Exploration

 Gold – riches  Glory – land  God – spread religion

 Cartography – created more accurate maps and sea charts  Astrolabe – used by sailors to determine their latitude at sea  Compass – a device for determining direction

 Spain  Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico

 Spain  Conquered the Incas in Peru

 Spain  Discovered America

 Portugal  First to sail around Cape of Good Hope

 Spain  First to circumnavigate the globe

 England  Raided Spanish treasure ships  Pirates Pirates

 France  Explored the St. Lawrence River

 Portugal  Encouraged and supported exploration (school for explorers)