1325-1349 - travels of Ibn Battuta 1347-1348 - Bubonic plague in Europe 1433 - end of Zheng He’s voyages/Rise of Ottomans 1450-1750 1453 - Ottomans capture Constantinople 1488 - Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope 1492 - Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of Spain 1502 - Slaves to Americas 1517 - Martin Luther/95 theses 1521- Cortez conquered the Aztecs 1533- Pizarro toppled the Inca 1571 - Battle of Lepanto‚ (naval defeat of Ottomans) 1588 - defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 1600 - Battle
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listed below for the essay portion of the exam. Remember to be as thorough as possible in answering the essay questions. The strongest answers are at least3-5 paragraphs in length. Theme: Conquest of Paradise Chapter 1 Taino and Carib‚ Reconquista‚ Bartolome de las Casas and the Black Legend‚ encomienda‚ The Columbian Exchange‚ Francisco Vasquez de Coronado‚ Ancient and Complex Societies of West Africa‚ France in Canada‚ Protestant Reformation‚ socioeconomic causes of English expansion
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originally constructed as a fortress in 889 and later converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I‚ Sultan of Granada.[1] The Alhambra’s Islamic palaces were built for the last Muslim emirs in Spain and its court of the Nasrid dynasty. After the Reconquista by theReyes Católicos ("Catholic Monarchs") in 1492‚ some portions were used by Christian rulers. The Palace of Charles V‚ built by Charles V‚ Holy Roman Emperor in 1527‚ was inserted in the Alhambra within the Nasrid fortifications. After being
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translations include the verse translation of W.S. Merwin and prose translation of Rita Hamilton and Janet Perry. Based on a true story‚ it tells of a Spanish hero El Cid or El Campeador‚ whose true name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar‚ during the Reconquista‚ or reconquest of Spain from the Moors. El Cid married the cousin of King Alfonso VI‚ Doña Ximena‚ but for obscure reasons (according to the story‚ he made the king swear at Santa Gadea he had not ordered the fratricide of his own brother)‚ he fell
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Have you heard of a fierce warrior queen? Her name is Queen Isabella. She was born to King John II of Castile and Queen Isabella of Portugal. Once her father had died she was sent away by her brother. Queen Isabella was never really into royalty until her coronation day. On that day she was presented with men on horse carrying a sword to make a cross. She had changed history for that sign had only been for men. Even though Queen Isabella I unified spain and supported Columbus‚ she killed those who
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The Spanish Empire I. The Conquistadors A. Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) 1. All of the New World was Spain’s‚ except Brazil (ignoring English claims). Cristobo Columbo and his brother had established a handful of small colonies (including Cuba)‚ but in the first 15 years or so of the 16th Century Spain didn’t control much territory; this would soon change. 2. In 1519‚ Hernando Cortés landed in Mexico at Vera Cruz (which he founded). He had 600 men. His orders were to establish a colony;
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Texas Hist Test Review Key Terms : Teotihuacan‚ 100-600 (Mayan) Cahokia‚ 800-1100 Chaco Canyon‚ 850-1150 Tenochtitlan‚ 1300-1521 (Aztec) Inca Empire‚ 1200-1533 Key Terms week 2 : Reconquista‚ 1492 First Contact Cortés in Mexico‚ 1521 Pizarro in Peru‚ 1532 New Spain‚ 1535 Cabeza de Vaca & Estevanico‚ 1536 Coronado‚ 1541 de Soto‚ 1542 Caddo Indians – "techas" St. Augustine‚ 1565 Santa Fe‚ 1609 La Salle‚ 1684 mission & presidio system Nacogdoches mission‚ 1716 San Antonio de Valero
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The expansion of Christianity was highly important to Ferdinand and Isabella‚ who considered Christianity crucial to the national unity of the newly united Spanish kingdom in the Reconquista period. Columbus states that the new world will be forcefully Christian and that the “conversion of Indians” shall be performed by “parish priests or friars”. Most of Columbus points refer to the extraction‚ processing‚ ownership‚ and trade of gold
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Upon becoming the joint monarchs of Castile and Aragon‚ one of the main challenges that Ferdinand and Isabella faced was to extend the crown’s authority over the Iberian peninsula thus increasing the stability of the kingdom and power of the crown. This was a daunting task‚ especially given the power of grandees such as Mendoza and Carillo at the time. The Catholic kings had some considerable success in consolidating royal authority‚ but there were limitations on this success and compromises were
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Kabbalist Prior to the Expulsion from Spain in 1492 JUS 435 Introduction Rabbinic Judaism‚ a dynamic and evolving ethical monotheistic religious tradition‚ during the Middle Ages‚ would confront circumstances conducive to renewed encounters with Hellenism‚ but unlike Hellenistic Judaism it would not be a biblical Judaism face to face with a Hellenistic philosophy still embedded in a pagan matrix‚ rather Rabbinic Judaism facing a nonpaganized Greek philosophy.1 Rabbinic discourses about
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