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16. Changing World
Ap World History - Summerville High School
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zheng He | Muslim Chinese seaman; commanded expeditions throughout the India Ocean. |
| Renaissance | cultural and political elite movement beginning in Italy circa 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; produced literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the European Middle Ages. |
| Francesco Petrarch | Italian author and humanist; a major literary figure of the Renaissance. |
| Castile and Aragon | regional Iberian kingdoms; participated in reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda. |
| Vivaldi | Genoese explorers who attempted to find a western route to the “Indies”; precursors of European thrust into southern Atlantic. |
| da Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. |
| Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince; sponsored Atlantic voyages; reflected the forces present in late postclassical Europe. |