The World In 1492Pablo R Ortega

The Grand Tour: Europe 1492Europe is a collection of City states

Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Of Castile married and unite Spain

Grenada last Muslim out post in Europe conquered by the Spanish

The wealth used to send Columbus on voyage to the western hemisphere

Ottoman Sultan Bayezid ruled ottoman empire

Conquers Constantinople in 1453

Major military activity is attacks in Hungary by sultan Bayezid

Granada is conquered

Jews are explled from Spain in 1492

The Grand Tour: Turkey To Africa

Most of India is Muslim

Exception of the Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar

Malacca is ruled by Sultan Mahmud the seventh and last of the native rulers

The Grand Tour: South Asia

In 1492 Emperor Xiaozong ruled china

Zheng he the three jeweled eunuch sets out on voyages to the west

Chinese merchants are forbidden from traveling abroad

Japan at this time is explored by Marco Polo exciting the imagination of Christopher Columbus

Grand Tour: China and Japan

Aztec confederation of Triple Aliance

The Putuma were unfazed by foreigners due to extensive trade along the coast

Little to no naval expansion by Maya or Aztec

Grand Tour: The Western Hemisphere

Europe was a Wheat,Barley,Oats and Rye

producing Country

Rice and other spices were scarce or

under Muslim merchant possession

The exploration latter brought other goods to Europe

The Staff of Life

Empire building and Development of Governments

City States Dominate Europe landscape

While in Americas and other places Centralized Governments Rose and Fell

Ells were hunter gather groups roamed in-between

The Great Traditions

Commerce and War made Europe Grow

Contact with the East And west spurred exploration

Columbus's Voyage needed because of Europe's need for Asian Goods

European Challenge