HISTORY (MIDTERM) Flashcards
During the High Middle Ages(1050-1300 CE), a series of military expeditions called the _
Crusades
was launched from Christian Europe against the peoples of theNear East.
Crusades
Crusades Led to discovery and some products that were not available in Europe;
porcelain, silk, incense, herbs, perfumes, fabrics, carpets, spices
became the most expensive and in-demand commodity among the Europeans.
Spices
Many merchants aspired to _ their supply and distribution of spices in theEuropean market
monopolize
were deemed expensive and disrupted by wars, natural calamities and bandits
Trade routes
closed during the conquest by the OttomanEmpire of Constantinople in _ which forced European Kingdoms to look for ways to purchase spices directly from the source.
Spice Trade routes, 1453
Ocean as an area to look for
SpiceIslands (Moluccas)
Put up a maritime school that trained sailors who later discover an _– gave Portugal lots of economic benefits.
Eastern Sea Route via the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
The marriage of Queen Isabella of Castile and King FerdinandII of Aragon occurred in _
1469
Spain financed the trans-Atlantic voyages of
Christopher Columbus
to go East by sailing Westward, a proposal thatPortugal refused to finance.
Ferdinand Magellan
Original Account by Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan’s Voyage Aroundthe World
is one of the most important primary sources in the study of pre-colonial Philippines
Pigafetta’s travelogue
By examining the document, it revealed not only how thePhilippine polities were during the pre-colonial but also how the _ from our native inhabitants
perspective of the Europeans are very much different
_ came to them and showed _ in seeing them
Nine men. joy and eagerness
Instead, Magellan asked for money for the needs of his ships and expressed they are
friends and not enemies.
The leader or the King of the Ballanghai sent his men to the ship of Magellan and offered a _, but Magellan refused.
bar of gold and chest of ginger
They then left the island on March 25, 1521, and recounted seeing two _ a longboat full of people in Mazzava / Mazaua
Ballanghai(balangay),
The fleet went to Humunu island (Homonhon), and there they found the first signs of gold on the island (the WateringPlace of Good Signs). They named the island with the nearby islands as the archipelago of
St. Lazarus
, the largest and the richest of the islands
Cebu
They went to the sick man and baptized him and Pigafetta recorded that the man was able to speak again –
Miracle
Magellan insisted that they should instead put their faith in
Jesus Christ
, a principal man from the island of Matan (Mactan), went to see Magellan and asked him for aboat full of men so that he could fight the chief named Silapulapu (Lapulapu).
Zula
Magellan offered _ instead and expressed his desire to go to Mactan himself to fight the said chief
three boats
They numbered _, and the islanders of Mactan were estimated to number _
49 in total, 1500
Magellan’s forces arrived in Mactan in
daylight.
Magellan died through a
piercing of a poisoned arrow in his right leg
The King of Cebu offered gifts to Lapulapu in order to retrieve Magellan’s body ,but the chief refused as they wanted
to keep the body as a memento of their victory.
he was a chronicler commissioned by theKing of Spain to accompany and document a voyage intended to expand theSpanish empire
Pigafetta
He was also of noble descent who came from a wealthy family in Italy
Pigafetta
- the year Philippines became a Spanish colony
1565
He was known to have lived modestly and was concerned with the welfare of the Filipino; aside fromChristian doctrine, natives should be educated.* He suggested that through the process of compiling the Customs (of the Tagalogs).
Juan de Plasencia’s Custom of the Tagalogs
Written in 1589, it was the earliest descriptive written work on early Filipino society
Juan de Plasencia’s Custom of the Tagalogs
The socio-political structure of early Tagalogs was led by _, who also served as war captains. They lead several hundred houses also known collectively as
dato, barangay.
nobles or the
maharlica
commoners or the
aliping namamahay who served theirmaster
slaves or the
aliping sa guiguilir (saguiguilid) who also served their master, but they could be sold
Juan de Plasencia also expressed dismay about the culture on
debts and loans.
Believe in afterlife which they would go to the so-called
maca or paradise.
, which means a temple or place of adoration
simbahan
when they wished to celebrate a festival, which the called
pandot(worship)
the whole barangay, or family, united and joined in the worship which they call
nagaanitos
Among their many idols there was one called _, whom they especially worshiP
Badhala
Published in 1609 while he was reassigned in Mexico
Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las IslasFilipinas
was called to serve as assistant to the Governor-General in 1593
Antonio
He described, “natives throughout the islands can write excellently certain characters, almost like the Greek or Arabic
Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las IslasFilipinas
He also talked about chiefs, slaves, marriage, inheritance, loans, crimes, religions, the coming of Islam, and the arrival of the Spaniards and the foundation of Manila
Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las IslasFilipinas