15: The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power Flashcards
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Zheng He
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- Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433.
- Led Chinese outreach with his expeditions.
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Renaissance
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- Cultural and political Movement in western Europe;began in Italy c. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages.
- Changed SPICEs of Europe
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Petrarch, Francesco
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- One of the major literacy figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist.
- Writings influenced European thought and culture.
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Castile
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- Along with Aragon, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda.
- Pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims.
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Aragon
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- Along with with Castile, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda.
- Pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims.
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Vivaldis
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- Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a Western route to the “Indies”; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic.
- Precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic.
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da Gama, Vasco
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- Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean.
- Established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean.
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Henry the Navigator
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- Portuguese prince responsible for direction of the series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion.
- Marked beginning of western European expansion.
