The Rise of International Trade

Read the Introduction of The Expansion of Trade page 39

What is the Worldview of Europeans at the end of the Middle Ages?

Share your chart information with the rest of the class

Possible Answers below.

 

Read page 41 Zoom in - The Crusades together as a class.

The Crusades and Trade

Trade has been taking place between Venice, Italy and the East for centuries before Marco Polo.  Because of The Crusades, the Europeans had contact with Muslim civilizations and began trading goods.

With this new contact, Muslim knowledge and experiences were shared with the Europeans:

With the Muslims inclusive  society, both Christians and Jews were welcomed to share with the eastern scholars.

Goods brought back to Europe because of this relationship:  

The European people wanted more of these goods and led to the trading of these goods and many expensive items:

With little flavour in the European foods, a high demand for the Eastern spices began.  Pepper being one of the most valuable, was counted out peppercorn by peppercorn and sold for more than gold.  The Italians returned to the seaports Genoa and Venice with these goods and sold to other merchants throughout Italy and Europe.

What were the Eastern countries interested in from the Europeans?

Moving Goods and Resources

Read page 43 

Questions to answer:

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