Exam 2 Flashcards
The Peasant Revolt
(1381)
AEIOU
(the Hapsburg Monolith)
Machiavelli
(and Soderini)
Fortuna
Machiavellis world
Imago Mundi
Was a body of work by Pierre d’Ailly that Columbus based most of his beliefs about a passage to India on.
Bartholomew Dias
Is considered the first European (portugese) to have traveled around the southern most tip of Africa. Significant because it opened a trade route from Europe to Asia greatly enhancing Portugal world power in trade.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Was the agreement between Spain and Portugal that d
Treaty of Tordesillas
Was the agreement between Spain and Portugal that created a LINE OF DEMARCATION that settled land claims to the recent acquisitions of territories discovered in explorations and stuff.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Was the agreement between Spain and Portugal that created a LINE OF DEMARCATION that settled land claims to the recent acquisitions of territories discovered in explorations and stuff. Lands to the east given to Portugal, lands to the west for spain.
The Council of the Indies
Was an autonomous legislative, executive, and judicial body designed to oversee the affairs of the New World followign the conquest of the Aztecs and Mexico.
Prester John
A LEGENDARY Christian patriarch/king believed to live in india and
Prester John
A LEGENDARY Christian patriarch/king believed to live in india and have influenced those seeking to explore the routes to india.