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Big Civilization Session 6

Europe Versus the World

Colonization

Under Construction


[Video Introduction of Session]

New World Domesticated plants
Plants from the New World
Clockwise: Corn, Tomato, Potato, Vanilla, Rubber, Cocoa, Tobacco.

Outline

Course Big Civilization

Session 6 Topics

Topic 1 The Early Explorers
Topic 2 The Spanish Empire
Topic 3 The Portuguese Empire
Topic 4 The Dutch Empire
Topic 5 The French Empire
Topic 6 The British Empire

Other Sessions

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Headlines

YEAR EVENTS
1433 Somalia: China Fleet Arrives
1488 Cape of Good Hope: Bartolomeu Dias Discovered
1492 Bahamas: Columbus Discovers Western Hemisphere
1497 Calicut: Vasco da Gama Reaches India
1497 Newfoundland: John Cabot Discovers North America
1498 Venezuela: Columbus Discovers South America
1499 Amazon River: Amerigo Vespucci Discovers Mouth of
1509 East Indies: Diogo Lopes de Sequeira Reaches Sumatra and Malacca
1513 Pearl River Delta: First European Reaches China by Sea
1513 Panama: Vasco Balboa Reaches West Coast of North America
1513 Florida: Ponce de Leon Searches for the Fountain of Youth; Then Explores Yukatan
1514 Zimbabwe: António Fernandes Explores There
1521 Mexico City: Cortez Conquers Aztec Empire
1516 Da Nang, South Vietnam: Portuguese Traders Reach Here
1519 Mississippi Delta: Alonso Álvarez de Pineda Discovers This
1522 Earth: Magellan’s Expedition Completes First Circumnavigation
1526 SW Pacific: Caroline and Marshall Islands Explored
1533 Cuzco, Peru: Pizzaro Conquers Incas
1539 Gulf of California: California Discovered
1542 SW USA: Coronado Searches for the 7 Cities of Gold; Discovers Grand Canyon
1543 SE USA: De Soto Reaches Mississippi River
1565 Philippines: Spanish Arrive
YEAR EVENTS

Concepts

  • European Civilization used competition, religion, and entrepreneurial aspirations to explore and dominate the world.
  • The ancient civilizations of the Orient, India, Africa, and the Americas stagnated.
  • Cultural advances such as the arts, philosophy, and literature contributed to Europe’s dominance.

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From the History Moments Library

YEAR TITLE AUTHOR(s)
1000 Vikings Reach
America
Charles C. Rafn| |Saga Of Eric the Red,
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YEAR TITLE AUTHOR(s)

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European Colonization of the Americas European Maritime Exploration of Australia

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