the emergence of the first global age
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The Emergence of the First Global Age. 1450-1770. Look at the following images and try to figure out the theme. CHANGE. Change. Major concept for the next 6 weeks Change creates struggles and achievements that led to expansion and globalization. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Major concept for the next 6 weeksChange creates struggles and achievements
that led to expansion and globalization.Focusing on European expansion 15th and 16th
centuries, Renaissance, Reformation, Rising Military Powers.
Change
As early at 1500 B.C. the Egyptians were making boats of long, flat pieces of wood, powered by sails.
Greeks 1000 B.C. mastered the Mediterranean.
Vikings 8th-11th century terrorizing people.It wont be until the late 1400’s that
“explorers” actually get some credit.Europe is out of the “dark ages” and people
are becoming educated.Willing to take risks to get ahead.
Set sail
In your groups I want you guys to jot down what you think are the 5 most common jobs of today are.
Think about it
Retail - Total employment: 4,209,500Cashier - Total employment: 3,439,380Office Clerk - Total employment: 2,815,240Food prep - Total employment: 2,695,740Registered Nurse Total employment:
2,583,770
Today
Math was needed for ship building.Astronomy was needed for navigation and
map construction.Merchant to trade spices.Fisherman: They’re truly are a lot of fish in
the sea.Explorer..lots of school…lots of luck…lots of
begging for money. But if you “discover” something new you get all of this…
Back in the 1400’s
So why Columbus?
So pivotal has his own era “pre- Columbian.”People reached America prior to Columbus.Columbus introduced two phenomena that
“revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world.”
1. Taking land, wealth, and labor from indigenous people.
2. Setting up the transatlantic slave trade, which would lead to a racial underclass.
Slavery in African HistoryDidn’t begin with slave ships crossing the
Atlantic.Capturing enemies was an ancient practice
not limited to Africa.World wide.
Slavery in Africa
In 1200’s slavery was a major source for Muslim traders from Arabia.
Buy them from rulers of East African city states.
Spread into South Asia.Most of them women.10,000 people forced into slavery a year.Women slaves disrupted marriage patterns
(birthrates fell).
Europeans and Slavery1400’s PortugalFirst interested in gold in Ghana.Slavery came laterTrading posts and small forts.
Transatlantic Slave TradeColumbus and the new world.Spain began to explore the new
world.Opened sugar plantations and
tobacco plantation.Europeans wanted someone else for
the job.First thought Natives.. but died
from disease.Looked to Africa.
15321532 start1630’s demanded for slave labor.Only 5% of slaves came to America.In North America cotton, tobacco,
textiles, and guns were exchanged for slaves.
ReviewAround what time frame does exploration
start to take off? Why?What was the purpose of exploration?What were some famous jobs during the
1400’s?Where did Columbus think he was?Why would Columbus’s “discovery” of the
new world be significant in the years to come?
What was the purpose of the triangle trade?
Christopher Columbus is often credited with “discovering” America, although the land he discovered was already inhabited. Imagine that you are one of the Native Americans who was living in North America when Columbus arrived. You later learn that he has taken credit for the “discovery” of your home. Write a response to his claim.
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