HIST-102 Lecture 21: Preconditions for the Expansion of Europe
29 Sep 2018
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Palestine in order to take back the holy land for christendom. In the end of the 7 official (cid:272)rusades i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g peasa(cid:374)ts a(cid:374)d (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s, had e(cid:374)ded (cid:271)adl(cid:455). In 1492, the last muslim kingdom of granada fell to the christian, spanish forces: german colonization of the east: took many centuries, originally inhabited by pagan, Technological advances: cartography: accurate maps needed for exploring. When you explore once, you want to make a map others can use and have a safe voyage with an understanding of the ocean, etc. Out of religious symbolism of maps with more accuracy: navigation: chinese invented the compass and taken up by the europeans. A number of instruments are needed to figure out where exactly you are. Easily done with latitude and longitude even though it took a long time to figure out: ship building: for a long time, people built ships and stayed very close to the coast.
