A Changing World

The rise of this nation ended European isolation

• Islam

• Christianity

• Europe

• Africa

These were military expeditions that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion.

• Marco Polo

• Astrolabe

• Renaissance

• Crusades

This famous author and explorer wrote the book Travels, which inspired the European people to find new lands and trade routes.

• Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

Period of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as the __________.

Check all of the inventions that were created during the Renaissance Period (1400-1650)

• caravel (ships)

• Compass

• Printing Press

• telephone

This African empire became one of the largest and wealthiest trading empires in the country until the Almoravids attacked.

• Mali

• Ghana

• Egypt

• Nigeria