1. Europeans Take To The Sea

2. Europeans Take To The Sea
Crusades and Pax Mongolia introduce Europe to Asian goods.

3. Europeans Take To The Sea
Plague and fall of the Mongols disrupt trade routes

4. Europeans Take To The Sea
Ottoman Empire block land routes.

5. Europeans Take To the Sea
Italians control European trade
Europeans want to cut out Italian middlemen

6. Europeans Take To The Sea
New Technology From China and the Middle East
COMPASS ASTROLABE RUDDER LATEEN
* New Technology allows Europeans to sail beyond the shore line

7. Europeans Take To The Sea
European ship was called the Caravel

8. EUROPEANS TAKE TO THE SEA
Johann Gutenburg develops printing press
Cartographers make maps
Cannons and gunpowder arrive in Europe

9. EUROPE TAKES TO THE SEAS
Europeans take to the seas in a spirit of adventure.

10. EUROPE TAKES TO THE SEA
Europeans take to the sea to make money by trade and have access to Asian goods

11. EUROPE TAKES TO THE SEA
Europeans take to the sea to spread Christianity.

12. CLOSURE Explain new technologies that led to European sea exploration.
Explain specific examples of how the caravel was as an example of cultural diffusion.