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Exploration

and

Globalization

Age of Exploration

&

Global Convergence

Exploration was not something new on the world history timeline...but with the new info, this time would be different.

New Info

* There were open water to the south of Africa

* Europe could be linked to Asia by sailing east.

Asia

* By sailing west, to discover a faster route to Asia, they discovered the Americas.

* The western Atlantic was not land locked.

Maps

Global communication was expanded along the water highways between continents and countries.

Impact of Exploration

Cultural Diffusion

Today this translates to the development of...

International Organizations

Multinational Corporations

GLOBALIZATION

Globalization

HUB OF of

AFRO-EURASIAN ECONOMY

India and China

* largest concentration of population

* greatest concentration of wealth

* network of economic exchange to the rest of the world.

Muslims controlled the shipment of goods from Asia to the rest of the world.

SHIFT IN CONTROL OF THE TRADE!

During the 15th century Iberian nations discovered sea routes to Asia began to gain control.

The Chinese navigators sailed to Arabia and Africa but laid no claims to land or conquest.

*canon equipped ships, *forts for protection, *elimination of competition

1. Muslim

Rivalry

2. Spread Christianity

GOD,

GOLD,

AND

GLORY

Africa

GOLD

WEALTH

Glory

1. Rivalry with Muslims in

Mediterranean regions.

A. Search for Christian

rulers in Africa and Asia

to help them fight the

Muslims.

B. Covert people to Christianity

To fill the demand for goods from Asia.

Gold to pay for Asian goods because the Asians valued it over all other goods the Europeans could offer.

Middle East

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