2. The Grand Tour: Europe Spain dominates Spain acquires funding from Italy to start exploration Christopher Columbus sets sail after finally attaining financial backing
3. The Grand Tour: Turkey to Africa Muslim Domination Turkey controls most of north Africa Egypt is the only country to resist Ottoman empire growing very strong
4. The Grand Tour: South Asia India is under Muslim rule except for Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar Islam spread to the trading ports in Java, and the “Spice Islands”
5. The Grand Tour: China and Japan These countries had large amounts of exotic goods for exportation Grand trade routes were opened Columbus set off for Japan but found an entire different region altogether
6. The Grand Tour: The Western Hemisphere Civilizations in this hemisphere had no beasts of burden, nevertheless were able to build grand pyramids and temples The Spanish burned all but 4 of the Mayan books, leaving a huge hole The Mayans had the most accurate calendar
7. The Staff of Life Corn, wheat, barley, oats, rye, all very easy to grow, and also nutritious Beasts of burden were brought to the new world to assist in plowing and also to provide manure, to make agriculture easier
8. The Great Traditions With the growing trade routes, hunter-gatherer groups were becoming more and more extinct Stationary civilizations thrived because of trade Architecture became a way of discerning cultural influence
9. The European Challenge Amount of trade available became a new form of wealth Exploring became a way of finding new trade opportunities, thus increasing wealth Also this brought along the colonization of many newly discovered countries
