AGE OF DISCOVERIES

AGE OF DISCOVERIES

1. KINGS ARE AUTHORITARIAN MONARCHS BEACAUSE THEY WANT MORE AUTHORITY,SO THEY TOOK CONTROL OF TAXES,ARMY AND JUSTICE

   • IN SPAIN IT'S REPRESENTED BY ISABELLA OF CASTILLE AND FERDINAND OF ARAGON
     • SPAIN IS DIVIDED INTO 5 KINGDOMS: NAVARRRE,CASTILLE, ARAGON,PORTUGAL AND MUSLIM GRANADA
     • THEY CONQUERED
       • MUSLIM GRANADA IN 1492
       • AMERICA IN 1492
   • PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS DISCOVERED
     • VASCO DA GAMA:INDIA
     • FERDINAN MAGELLAN AND JUAN SEBASTIAN EL CANO WENT AROUND THE WORLD FOR 1ST TIME IN 1519

2. PRE/COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS

   • MAYAS
   • AZTECS(highlands of Mexico)
     • CULTIVATED corn,tomatoes,beans,vanilla,avocados,cacao
     • Were expert potters +artisans
     • Polytheists
   • INCAS(highlands of Peru)
     • CULTIVATED potatoes,tomatoes,cotton,pumpkins,corn,peanuts
     • Polytheists

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