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Chapter 16
The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power
Term | Definition |
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Zheng He | Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, yunglo, between 1405 and 1433. |
Renaissance | Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy c.1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages. |
Petrarch, Francesco | (1304-1374) One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist. |
Castile and Aragon | Regional kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims and ultimately united under the Spanish monarchy. |
Vivaldis | Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic. |
de Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. |
Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked the beginning of western European expansion. |