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Pope Urban the II pleaded for the christian army to go to war against islam. The first crusade was successful and the christians captured Jerusalem. These wars were called Jihad or Holy War by muslims.
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Marco Polo,a venetian traveling the silk road met Kublai khan in China in 1275.
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In 1419 Prince henry the navigator started a school of navigation. In this school people were trained in navigation, map making, and science.
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These posts ended up helping them collect many valuable resources such as gold dust.many of the ports had forts in close proximity to help defend them.
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in 1488 Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became the first european to sail around the southern tip of Africa opening the route from Europe to Asia. This was helpful because the Ottoman Empire had shut down the other trade routes to Asia. Dias trip also set up more trade advantages with India and more Asian opportunities.
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Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama went on a mission to reach india ,and open a sea route from Europe to India.
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The main reason for the want of a fast sea route was that traveling over land was slow and dangerous. The expedition itself being expensive costs less than sending the supplies across the world/region.
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This agreement between Spain and Portugal was for settling conflicts over lands newly discovered, explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.
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Vasco de gama returned from an expedition and made a 1000% profit on the cargo he came back with from Asia. This cargo made a enormous impact on the economy of portugal.
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This event also known as the Portuguese–Mamluk naval war. A war for the dominance in trade between the Egyptian state of the Mamluks and the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean.
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Albuquerque captured Goa with little conflict. Later a muslim force approached Goa in hopes to recapture the city. The muslim force captures the city and Albuquerque retreats. Three months later Albuquerque returns with a larger fleet and captures the city in less than a day.
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After the Portuguese arrived in India They realized the importance of the city of Malacca so they sent an expedition to the city that was captured and taken prisoner. Afonso de Albuquerque made a plan to send an expedition to take and capture the city. When the expedition got there they attacked as soon as they could and gained control of the bridge that divided the town. The gain of this city gave the Portugese control the main trade routes of India.
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Batavia, the capitol of the dutch east indies was set to trade 1619. while fighting over the Banda islands the English and Dutch East India Companies created a truce to trade here.
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This moment for the dutch was part of their Golden age in which they were the most acclaimed countries in trade, science, military, and art. During this time the dutch had the funds to build mass amounts of ships to add to their fleet.
