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The Catholic church sent troops on a set of religous wars
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Polo and his crew went through much of Asia including China and met with Mongol ruler and founder of the Yuan dynasty.
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Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind
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Spanish wanting contact with Asia: sending Columbus soon
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Prince Henry founds navigation school in order for the fleet to get to where they were going.
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Portugese set up trading posts along West coast of Africa
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Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa becoming the first European sailor to go around the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.
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Spanish Columbus Tries to find the quickest route to Asia but finds Americas instead.
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Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal
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Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. He also rounded the Cape of Good Hope and anchored at Malindi on the East coast.
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Vasco da Gama returns with 1000's percent more wealth with all the spices he gathered.
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The Battle of Diu, sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Chaul, was a naval battle between the Muslims and Portuguese. The Portuguese were interfering and taking over trade routes, which led to 3 wars which ultimately ended in the Muslims defeat and India taking over.
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The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred in 1510 on behalf of the Portuguese admiral D. Afonso de Albuquerque. Not among the cities Albuquerque had received orders to conquer: he had only been ordered by the Portuguese king to capture Hormuz, Aden and Malacca.
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The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca.The port city of Malacca controlled the narrow strategic strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated. The capture of Malacca was the result of a plan by King Manuel I of Portugal, who since 1505 intended to beat the Castillians to the Far-East
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Dutch have 20,000 ships ready (more than ANY other country's navy (at this time))
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Having been set up in 1602, to profit from the Malukan spice trade, in 1619 the VOC established a capital in the port
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English and Dutch begin moving products into Asia for them to produce.
