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Ottoman Empire
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 Middle East--1500s |
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Quing Empire
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 Chines--1700s |
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Mughal Empire
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 India--1600s |
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Spices. Where were they found?
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Found in Asia; people traveled on foot to get them; very expensive; used for cooking; rich could afford it (try to show it off when they had spices).
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Silk Road
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 Started: in China and IndiaThrough: all of the Middle EastEnded: Europe |
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What was the medical reason behind spices?
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To have a lot of spices in your food
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Humor Theory (medicine)
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Blood had different characteristics (wet, cold, hot, dry); people would get sick if blood was out of wack ("colic"); to get back insync, change diet or bleed.
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Spices relationship to religion.
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Spices were used in religious ceremonies because of Godly reasons (smell would protect smell of dead); "smell of God"; "spice up things"; keeps healthy (monks had a limit on the spices they could use).
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Portugal
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 Tiny country (1 million people); poorer than the average country. |
 Henry ("the Navigator") |
 Got all people to navigate; great influence; create finance (smart). |
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Bartolomeu Dias |
 Got to Cape of Good Hope (Indian Ocean on the other side); never made it to India. |
 Vasco da Gama |
 Sailed a few years after Dias; made huge amounts of money from spices (rich man). |
 Ferdinand Magellan |
 -first man around the world (from Portugal)-plan to go to Asia by going west (around South America into Pacific Ocean)-Portuguese were not interested...went straight to Spain to travel with Spanish government-called Pacific Ocean meaning "peaceful" (pretty weather)-got scurvy, made it to Philippines (named it after the King)-didn't complete the journey (got in a fight)...left the journey with 200 men and came back with 12. |
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What was named after Ferdinand Magellan?
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 "Straights of Magellan" |
 Who took over Magellan's journey? |
 Elcano |
