The Closure of the Silk Road led to the European Exploration

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Learning Targets

• I can describe the Silk Road.

• I can determine the importance of the Silk Road.

• I can explain why the Europeans start to explore the world.

• I can identify the European explorers who started to explore the world and their achievements.

The Silk Road

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What is a Silk Road?

Multiple Choice

From  what country did the Silk Road start?

• Europe

• Java

• China

• Somalia

​The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes, formally established during the Han  Dynasty of China in 130 BCE, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between 130 BCE-1453 CE. The Silk Road was not a single route from east to west and so historians favor the name ‘Silk Routes', though 'Silk Road' is commonly used.

Multiple Choice

When did the Silk Road officially open?

• 120 BCE

• 130 BCE

• 140 BCE

• 110 BCE

Multiple Choice

Who controlled the Silk trade? 

• Chinese

• Ottomans

• Somalians

The network was used regularly from 130 BCE, when the Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) officially opened trade with the west, to 1453 CE, when the Ottoman Empire  boycotted trade with the west and closed the routes. By this time, Europeans had become used to the goods from the east and, when the Silk Road closed, merchants needed to find new trade routes to meet the demand for these goods.

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Arab traders controlled the spice trade between Europe and the East, like China, Indonesia, India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), for almost 5,000 years until Europeans started looking for a new route to the Far East. 

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Spices

In the Middle Ages, Europeans lacked refrigeration and general hygiene, leading to food spoiling quickly. Spices were so important because they helped mask the flavor of not-so-fresh food. Without spices food is bland or tasteless.

Spices

Open Ended

What gave flavor to the European food?

• The Ottomans were Muslims.

• Every time Europeans wanted to trade with China or India they had to pass through Ottoman trading posts; this meant that they had to give money to the Muslims.

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• If MONEY = POWER, who was getting powerful in this deal?

The Muslims

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The Silk Road was important because ___.

EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

• Was there a need?

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

• Was there a need?

    Yes

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

• Was there a need?

    Yes

• What was Columbus looking for?

   

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

• Was there a need?

    Yes

• What was Columbus looking for?

     India

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European Exploration

• Why was Portugal the first to set sail?

They invented better ship and tools for navigation.

• Why was there a desire to explore the world?

To discover new lands and establish trade routes.

• Was there a need?

    Yes

• What was Columbus looking for?

     India

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European Exploration

Europeans had a desire and opportunity to explore. 

An interest in discovery and exploration grew in Europe in the 1400s. Improvements in navigational tools, cartography, and shipbuilding allowed European sailors to go farther than ever before.

The Portuguese made new ships with better sails and better sailing.

Portuguese and Spanish explorations led to discoveries of new trade routes, lands and people

• This man never went on any sea voyages but was responsible for most of Portugal’s success on the seas. He built an observatory and a navigation school, and paid people to sail on explorations.

•  He was he?

Portuguese and Spanish explorations led to discoveries of new trade routes, lands and people

• Even with new technology, travel on the open sea was still very dangerous.  

  In spite of the dangers, Portuguese explorers sailed South looking for a water route to Asia.

  As they traveled south, they set up ports along the way.

  In 1488 he sailed around the southern tip of Africa but had to turn back due to the raging sea.

  
  

  Who is he?

•  He was he?

In 1498 the sea route to Asia was established when this explorer sailed around Africa and landed on the west coast of India.

Who was he?

Vasco da Gama

The "New World"

• One Italian sailor believed that he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic.

• The king and queen of Italy gave him the money to make his journey.

• On October 1942 he landed on a small island in the Bahamas. He believed that he had reached Asia 

• Who was this Italian explorer?

  Christopher Columbus

The "New World"

• The lands that were discovered on these explorations were known as the “New World”.

• What continent is the New World? America

• Before these journeys, the continent of the Americas was not known to have existed.

• Who was this Italian explorer?

  Christopher Columbus

1492- Christopher Columbus lands in San Salvador, Bahamas and calls the locals Indians, thinking that he had arrived in India (he thought that the earth was 8,000 miles around - not enough knowledge of the geography of the world.)

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Who gave the name America to the continent?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

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Who was the first explorer to sail around the tip of South America and discovered the route around the world?

He also discovered the archipelago of the Philippines.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Spanish explorers in the New World found gold and silver as they conquered the empires there, but passed along diseases to the native peoples that killed possibly more than 3 quarters (3/4) of them.​

Poll

Based on the discussions about the European explorations, what do you think are the reasons why the Europeans explored the world?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

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How did you find the lesson today?

• Very interesting

• I learned a lot

• Intriguing

• Very important

Poll

Who was the first explorer to sail around the tip of South America and discovered the route around the world?

He also discovered the archipelago of the Philippines.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Spanish explorers in the New World found gold and silver as they conquered the empires there, but passed along diseases to the native peoples that killed possibly more than 3 quarters (3/4) of them.​

Poll

Based on the discussions about the European explorations, what do you think are the reasons why the Europeans explored the world?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

Poll

How did you find the lesson today?

• Very interesting

• I learned a lot

• Intriguing

• Very important

Spanish explorers in the New World found gold and silver as they conquered the empires there, but passed along diseases to the native peoples that killed possibly more than 3 quarters (3/4) of them.​

Poll

Based on the discussions about the European explorations, what do you think are the reasons why the Europeans explored the world?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

Poll

How did you find the lesson today?

• Very interesting

• I learned a lot

• Intriguing

• Very important