PEOPLES & EMPIRES

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Sayda Vega

CONQUERING THE OCEAN

Maps were inaccurate during that time

It was an unknown world

Early Portuguese voyages were

sponsored by Prince Henry the Navigator

He expected to find spices, silk and wood

Important people such as Vasco da

Gama, Magellan, and Columbus sailed

into the ocean

Every time more people was discovering

new desires to explore the ocean,

including the Arabs.

*Trading Networks and extensive seaborne all along the Arabian Peninsula, The Atlantic, Indian Ocean and The Pacific

*Navigation changed the world

SPREADING THE WORD

*Christianity begun to spread all over the Roman Empire.*Constantine’s conversion changed the Roman Empire.*Monarchs believed their authority was granted by God.* Religion was something really important.

*Sense of spirituality and moral order.*Bartolome de Las Casas played an important role among the indians.*Christian Roman Emperors believed they were defenders of the church.

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

*Alexander the Great-He created his empire with the help of his father Phillip II-He took over many places-He believed himself to be descended from divine beings.-356-323

*Bartolome de Las Casas-Was called “Defender and Apostol to the Indians.”-Created The New Laws especially for the Indians to defend them and give them back their land.- Worked hard to show equality and human rights.