HISTORY (MIDTERM) Flashcards
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During the High Middle Ages(1050-1300 CE), a series of military expeditions called the _
Crusades
was launched from Christian Europe against the peoples of theNear East.
Crusades
Crusades Led to discovery and some products that were not available in Europe;
porcelain, silk, incense, herbs, perfumes, fabrics, carpets, spices
became the most expensive and in-demand commodity among the Europeans.
Spices
Many merchants aspired to _ their supply and distribution of spices in theEuropean market
monopolize
were deemed expensive and disrupted by wars, natural calamities and bandits
Trade routes
closed during the conquest by the OttomanEmpire of Constantinople in _ which forced European Kingdoms to look for ways to purchase spices directly from the source.
Spice Trade routes, 1453
Ocean as an area to look for
SpiceIslands (Moluccas)
Put up a maritime school that trained sailors who later discover an _– gave Portugal lots of economic benefits.
Eastern Sea Route via the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
The marriage of Queen Isabella of Castile and King FerdinandII of Aragon occurred in _
1469
Spain financed the trans-Atlantic voyages of
Christopher Columbus
to go East by sailing Westward, a proposal thatPortugal refused to finance.
Ferdinand Magellan
Original Account by Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan’s Voyage Aroundthe World
is one of the most important primary sources in the study of pre-colonial Philippines
Pigafetta’s travelogue
By examining the document, it revealed not only how thePhilippine polities were during the pre-colonial but also how the _ from our native inhabitants
perspective of the Europeans are very much different
_ came to them and showed _ in seeing them
Nine men. joy and eagerness
Instead, Magellan asked for money for the needs of his ships and expressed they are
friends and not enemies.
The leader or the King of the Ballanghai sent his men to the ship of Magellan and offered a _, but Magellan refused.
bar of gold and chest of ginger
They then left the island on March 25, 1521, and recounted seeing two _ a longboat full of people in Mazzava / Mazaua
Ballanghai(balangay),
The fleet went to Humunu island (Homonhon), and there they found the first signs of gold on the island (the WateringPlace of Good Signs). They named the island with the nearby islands as the archipelago of
St. Lazarus
, the largest and the richest of the islands
Cebu
They went to the sick man and baptized him and Pigafetta recorded that the man was able to speak again –
Miracle
Magellan insisted that they should instead put their faith in
Jesus Christ
, a principal man from the island of Matan (Mactan), went to see Magellan and asked him for aboat full of men so that he could fight the chief named Silapulapu (Lapulapu).
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