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First Global Age: Asia (Freeman 2015)

By moemoe7
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499

    muslim and italian merchants control trade beetween Europe and asia

    Europeans have to find sea routes to asia because if they cross over land they would have to pay the muslims who controlled land trade.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499

    prince henry the navigator

    was a Portuguese royal prince funds the exploration
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499

    Ming Dynasty and exploration

    after he died china stopped funding overseas trade. and started very strict traiding rules.
  • Line of Demarcation
    Jan 1, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    was a line drawn by pope alexander VI to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama led a fleet of ships with a crew of 170 men They traveled around Africa to India and back.
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    Jan 1, 1511

    Afonso de Albuquerque

    Alfonso travelled to malacca and stated he came in peice but then turned on the indians and settled there while conquer the water traiding route.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    sets sail from Spain in to find a western sea route to the sets sail to Indonisia while In charge of five ships and 270 men,
  • Spain and the Philippines
    Jun 1, 1521

    Spain and the Philippines

    spain concord the philipines and began to spread there cathlic religion then started building a trading emprie
  • Jan 1, 1522

    Magellan’s Expedition

    17 other Europeans, and four Indians survived to reach Spain in September 1522.
  • Portuguese and Japan
    Jan 1, 1543

    Portuguese and Japan

    portugal established a trading empire in asia and used violence agianst the indians. alfonso de alburqurque was the man that leed this expodition
  • The Happy Return

    The Happy Return

    The Happy Return to Amsterdam took years they reaturned with lots of money from trade.
  • The Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company

    the duch had a monopoly on trade of spice.and had established a charter company in 1602.known as a dutch east india company.
  • Japanese ban western merchants

    Japanese ban western merchants

    japan welcomed western people at first after learning about what had happend to the phillipines japan closed all trade with the outside then relifted this policy iyears later
  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    in 1492 he was tring to find an all water route to asia. He never di fing that route and ended up in the americas.