Age of Exploration

Post date: Jan 20, 2012 6:40:32 PM

The Age of Exploration, 1450-1650

Hi All,

I will be hosting a live class at 1:00 pm MT on Friday, 1-27 on the topic of The Age of Exploration. Europe, 15th Century: The ill-fated Crusades did a nice job killing off incompetent nobles paving the way for the New Monarchs and rising middle class, but after contact with the heavily commercial (and global) Islamic Empires of the Near East, Europe is left with a serious thirst for goods from Africa and the Far East. While pepper and silk sell as fast as they hit the European market, the Europeans face one serious problem in the resumption of global trade: dealing with the Muslim middle-men that they are sworn to hate. Enter Henry of Portugal, a school of navigation and host of technological innovations, some brave explorers, and the rest is history. The Era of Exploration, as it later came to be known, transformed the globe through the establishment of permanent transatlantic trade, the shifting of millions of people from the Eastern to Western Hemisphere, and the destruction of African, Asian, and Native American civilizations in the New World as Europeans dominated the globe. Project Credit: Attendance in this live class will fulfill the requirements of your live class assignment for this unit. To get into this class please click the following link: Trehal's Office/Live Classroom. 

If you were unable to attend the live version of this class you may still get credit for this class by watching the recording and answering the following question: What 2nd great consequence of the Age of Exploration do I identify as I discussed the "Triangular Trade Network"? To get credit, please submit your answer to this question and the date you watched the recording to the Unit Live Class Assignment. You can watch the recording by clicking on the following link: View the Blackboard Collaborate recording

Trehal

This class applies to the following courses:

World History B Unit 1

US History Foundations to Present A Unit 1