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The Explorers Why did Europeans sail
to new places?
By: Mr. Casey
What’s it like in Europe?•Middle Ages
(Dark Ages)•600-1450 A.D
•Feudalism
The Middle Ages
What’s it like in Europe?•Europe is
suffering from plaque and disease, wars, and poverty.
The Middle Ages
The Crusades •Europeans
want to recapture the holy lands. Europeans will fight for 200 years over the land.
The world according to
Europe!
This is This is the the
known known world!world!
Marco Polo* 1295 Marco Polo
comes back from being in Asia for 25 years. He tells stories of golden palaces, jewels, silk, and
spices.
Europe is Changing
*Europe is in the middle of the renaissance (1300-1500)
MARCO POLO’S ROUTE
The Ottoman Turks capture
Constantinople*1453 they capture the city of Constantinople
and block trade through the city.
*Silk and spices become very hard to come by and very expensive
Europeans have to find a new way to Asia
The Silk Highway
*Route is long and filled with dangers, but the resources from Asia are in high demand
The Silk Highway
*Europeans begin looking for a new way to Asia
New Technology Changes Everything
Gutenberg invents movable type and books are easier to
print (1440)
New TechnologyMagnetic Compass-
a tool that shows which direction is
north
New Technology
Astrolabe- a tool that helped
sailors use the sun and stars to find their
location
New Technology
Gunpowder- an explosive made of a
mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal
New Technology
Caravel- a small ship
designed by the Portuguese with a lateen (triangular)
sail
gunpowder
movable typecompass
astronomy & navigation
These new technologies allow European to explore further than
they have in the past
China was much more advanced than any country in Europe at
that time, but they did not focus on exploration
Zheng He
Why venture out and risk your
life?
•Money, wealth, and power
•An explorer can get land, get rich and famous
•Spread of Christianity
If you can convince a king or queen to pay for your expedition, you can
earn ...
•Imagine you are an entrepreneur and you want to lead an expedition to India and Asia; tell me what you would say to a king or queen and how you would sell them on giving you the resources you need to lead your expedition. Where would you go, how, and why? Choose one person to speak to the king or queen.