FIRST GLOBAL AGE: ASIA (FREEMAN 2015) BY AARON BIG CHILL BAKER

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

    Europeans Seek Sea Route to Asia

    The muslims and teh Italians are controling trade that goes over land. To stop that, they sailed around the coast of Africa and to reach India and South East Asia.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499

    Ming Dynasty and Exploration

    Zheng He has upstarted the chinese exploration. He brought wealth back to china along with animals. After his death, the chinese stopped funding explorations.
  • Period: Oct 30, 1400 to Oct 30, 1499

    Prince Herny the Navigator

    He made a sailing school for the portuguese. He wasnt a sailor himself but helped the advancement of sailing.
  • Christopher Colombus
    Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Colombus

    Christopher Colombus sailed the Atlantic ocean and thought he would come to the S.E. Asia from the behind. He ended up hitting the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
  • Line of Demarcation
    Oct 1, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    When pedro Cabral found brazil in the south americas, Spain and portugal fought for power of it. The pope decided what the countries got. This is why brazil spezaks potuguese and the reast of south america was speaking spanish.
  • Vasco de Gama
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco de Gama

    He lead a quest around teh cape of good hope. This led him to the city of Calicut, where he eventually made portuguese's spice trading empire.
  • Pedro Alvarez Cabral
    Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Alvarez Cabral

    Pedro sailed to brazil in the south Americas. This discovery brought spain and portugal to argue. This lead to the pope made a line of demacation, or the treaty of Tordesillas, to show what spain and portugal owned.
  • Vasco de Gama
    Jan 1, 1502

    Vasco de Gama

    Vasco forced a treaty with the city of Calicut. Due to the capture, the portuguese spice trade empire rose in strrenght and size.
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    Jan 1, 1511

    Afonso de Albuquerque

    Afonso de Albuquerque sailed and conquered the city of Malacca. This centered the portuguese power in the Indian ocean.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Magellan sets out for a route to the South East Asian countries for spices. He was sucessful.
  • Spain and the Philippines
    Jan 1, 1521

    Spain and the Philippines

    Spain sent out on a conquest to convert the Philippines to Catholicism. The trip turned into a bloody slaughter of the natives.
  • Magellan's Expedition
    Jan 1, 1522

    Magellan's Expedition

    ferdinand magellan was very impoarant in expeditions around the world. HIs crew, not him, sailed around the world. He died in the Philippines.
  • Portuguese and Japan
    Jan 1, 1543

    Portuguese and Japan

    The first time Portuguese reach Japan. They come to trade, as Japan was welcoming traders at first. Japan was really interested in their fire-arms and weapons.
  • Happy Return

    Happy Return

    Dutch made a year voyage to the S.E. Asia fro spices. When they cane back, it was regarded as a happy return becasue they came back sucessfully and profitably.
  • The Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company

    The dutch set up a comapny to make money by trading. They dominated the spice trade during the time of operation.
  • Japanese Ban Western Merchants

    Japanese Ban Western Merchants

    The Japanese have banned western merchants beacuse they figured out what happened in the philippines. They ban the production of ships. They only allow some dutch shipos to come for trade and for current events.