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events in ch. 17
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This is important because Prince Henry later in his life founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal.Map makers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captins gathered there to perfect their trade.
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After Hongwu's death in 1398 led to a power struggle. His son Yonglo emerged victorious from the struggle.
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Yonglo had a far-ranging curiosity about the outside world.He lanched the 1st of seven voyages of exploration. All were led by a Chinese Muslim admiral named Zheng He.
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The nakedness of Donatello's bronze David stands out starkly in contrast to the other fifteenth century images of David.
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Johan Gutenberg invents the printing press. Made the books cheapper. Also alot of became liturate because the were more books.
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The Fall of Constantinople occured on May 29, 1453 after a siege which began on April 6. The battle was part of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars.
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The Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.
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Portuguese believed that to reach Asia by sea ,they would have to sail around the southern tip of Africa. So B. Dias sailed to the tip of Africa. As he arrived a huge strom came and after fighting this fleet B. Dias realized his ship had been blown around the tip.
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Isabella wanted to convert the Muslims to Christianity.
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Thought he had reached the East Indies. But instead it was an island in the Caribbean.
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Treaty of Tordesillas is an imaginary dividing line. All lands to west of the line would be Spain's and all land east of the line would be Portugal's.
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HIs remarkable voyage of 27,000 miles had given Portugala direct sea route to India.
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Mona Lisa was Leonardo's favourite painting and he was loathe to part with it, however it may also have been because the painting was unfinished.
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After studying planetary movements for more than 25 years, Copernicus reasoned that indeed, the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolved around the sun.
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When Amerigo returned to Europe after his voyages to the eastern coast of South America he claimed that the area was a new land. In 1507 a German mapmaker named America after him.
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The ceiling is nearly 68 feet off the ground. He needed something to support him for hours on end. An important man in town offered to build a special scaffold that would hang from the ceiling by heavy ropes. Michelangelo didn't like that idea because he didn't want to leave any holes in the ceiling. Instead, the artist built his own scaffold, which was held high in place by brackets that connected to the walls
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After he had been welcomed very affectionately by Pope Julius, Raphael started to paint in the Stanza della Segnatura a fresco showing the theologians reconciling Philosophy and Astrology with Theology, in which are portraits of all the sages of the world shown disputing among themselves in various ways.
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Machiavelli writes that reforming an existing order is one of the most dangerous and difficult things a prince can do.
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The 95 Theses, a document written by Martin Luther in 1517, challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church on the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences.
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His conquistadors look for gold and silver thay heared about.
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20 slaves from Hispaniola attacked and killed several of their Spanish captors.
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Frnasico meet the Inca emperor with an army of 200 vs. 30,000. The Incan ruler Atahualpa left his men unarmed.
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He was only 3 years old. HIs young life was disrupted by struggles for power among boyars.
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He landed at a gulf off the eastern coast of Canada. Named the river the St. Lawerence.
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Henry allegedly heard gossip that his wife had conducted extramarital affairs with four different men, although there was no concrete evidence to support the rumor at the time.
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Edward was born on 12 October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace, the only legitimate son of Henry VIII.
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Created daily guide for how catholic should live. Followers become Jesuit, teaching other about how to live as a true catholic.
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Mary’s over-zealous pro-Catholic feelings alienated most people because by the time, England was already a largely protestant country. Perhaps even more damaging was her choice of husband.
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When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious discord, a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain.
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Ivan had gone crazy thought it was a stranger in his palace.
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Philip launched the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punish Protestant England. BUt his fleet defeated.
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Dutch and English broke Portuguese control of the Asian region. Each nation had formed an East India Company to estblish and direct trade throughout Asia.
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Finished Brahe's work. Concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion.
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Henry Hudson was looking for the Northwest Passage, but he did not find it. He did explore 3 other waterways, though-the Hudson Bay, the Hudson Strait, and the Hudson River all named after him.
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No one really knows how he died. He died on his 52th brithday. He was a famos writer and alot of people still read his books today.
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a conflect over religion over territory, and for power among European ruling families.,
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems presented the ideas of both Copernican and Ptolemy, but it cleary showed that Galileo supported the Copernican theroy.
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Modern scientific methods are based on the ideas of Bacon and Descartes. Scientists have shown that observation and exerimentation, together with general laws that can be expressed mathematically, can lead people to a better understanding of the natural world.
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Supporters and opponents of king Charles fought. War lasted until 1649.
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He bacame the strongest King of his time. Began his reign at 5 years old.
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Cromwell and the Puritans brought Charles to trail for treason.
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These laws prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any counrty except Britian.
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Built small royal city.
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The English thought that New Netherlands was a wedge between their colonies so Charles the second sent his brother the Duke of York to take the colony for England. They surrendered without a single shot fired.
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English East India Company forced much of its energy on establishing outports in India. The English built up a successsful business trading fine cloth on the European market.
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He got inspired by the west.
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La Salle claimed entire \river valley of Mississippi River for France.
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One of the most important scientific books ever written.
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after overthrowing James.
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To limit power parliament came up with Bill of Rights.
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Locke's therory had a deep influence on modron political thinking.
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England, Austria, the Dutch republic, Portugal, and several German and Itlian states joined together aganist France and Spain.
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To promote education and growth, peter wanted a seapon that would make it easier to travel to the west.
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Voltaire was exiled to England for two years. There, Voltaire came to admire the english government much more than his own.
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Agreement guaranted Maria Theresa a peaceful reign.
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Frederick's most important contribution was his attitude towards being king.
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In his book, Montesquieu proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of the government.
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Would bring together all the most current and enlightened thinking about science, technology, art, government, and more.
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The French and Indian War was part of the Seven Year's War between Britain, France, and their allies.
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Published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792.
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Fought in Europe, India and North America and lasted until 1763.
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Beccaria railed against common abuses of justice. They included torturing of witnesses and suspects, irregular proceedings in trials, and punishments that were arbitrary or cruel.
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With great brutality, Catherine's army crushed the rebellion. Catherine had previously favored an end to serfdom.
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To protest an import tax on tea, Adams organized a raid against three Britian ships in Boston Harbor. The raiders dumped 342 chests of tea into the water.
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This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was firmly based on the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment. Declaration reflected these ideas in its eloquent argument for natural rights.
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Joseph abolished serdom and ordered that peasants be paid for their labor with cash.
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The delegates signed the new constition. In order to become law; however, the Constitution required approval by conventions in at least 9 of the 13 states.
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With these partitions, Poland disappeared from the map of Europe.
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He wrote beautiful piano music, string quartets, and stirring syphonies.
