Extra Credit

Ghana

Jan 1, 1100

Ghana big trading empire. They traded ivory,gold, slaves,and salt. Ghana was the oldest empire. When the empires power declined more states emerged. Unknown date

Mali

Jan 4, 1200

The capital of Mali is Timbuktu became very important to Islamic centers. Mansa Musa ruled from 1312 to 1337. He made a pilgramage to Mecca. Unknown Date

The beginning of Trade

Jan 1, 1300

Trade started in the 1300s. When the Asian traded with the Italian merchants. The Asians made the Italians rich when they traded. It was like a whole new century when trade started.

The Renaissance

Jan 1, 1400

The Renaissance is a period of intellectual and artisic time. When people started traveling when they found the land bridge. Then they started to trade.

Everything increasing!!

Jan 15, 1400

The population began to increase in Western Europe. A lot of merchants made more trades by making there bussiness bigger. For years the Europen states have been small,but now there huge. The date is unknown

Songhai

Mar 1, 1400

Songhai was the largest empire. here ruler was Askiya Muhammad encouraged a lot of trade. He also made a government. They were defeated in the 1500s when the Moroccans attacked there trade systems.

Prince Henry the Navigator

May 25, 1420

Prince Henry brought people like astronomers, geographers, and mathematicians to share their knowlege with other people across the world. They also went to the Gold Coast and traded gold and ivory. Resource: wikipedia and book

Technology

Sep 26, 1450

People learned a lot and they began to create new things like better maps, caravels, and to write books. Marco Polo wrote his book Travels in 1477. This was a big learning century.

Christopher Columbus

Aug 3, 1492

Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain to find a new route to Asia. He didn't find a new route to Asia, but he found America.

Columbus finds land

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus spots a small island and claims it for Spain. He names the island San Salvador. It is now called the Bahamas. He didn't know it, but he had reached the Americas.

Line of Demarcation

Jan 1, 1493

Pope Alexander VI drew an imaginary line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole. Portugal had control of all the land to the east of the line, and Spain had all the land to the west. Portugal thought Spain had too much land, so they agreed to move the line further west. Unknown date

Vasco da Gama

Jul 10, 1497

Vasco da Gama set out with four ships. He sailed down the coast of West Africa, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and ivsited the cities along the East Coast. He found an Arab pilot who knew the Indian Ocean and sailed the Indian ocean.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Jan 1, 1513

Vasco Nez de Balboa formed an exploring party and found a huge body of water. He waded in the water and claimed it for Spain. He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Unknown date

Juan Ponce de Leon

Jan 2, 1513

De Leon made the first landing on the mainland of America. He wanted to find gold and the fountain of youth. His exploration lead to the first Spanish settlement in the United States. Unknown date

Ferdinand Magellan

Jan 1, 1519

The Spanish hired Ferdinand Magellan to lead an expedition of 5 ships to find a route through or around South America to Asia. He found a passage to the Pacific Ocean. It is called the Magellan Strait. He was killed in a fight, but his crew were the first to circumnavigate the world. Unknown date

Hernan Cortes

Sep 25, 1519

Hernan Cortes came to what is now Mexico with 500 soldiers, horses, and cannons. The Aztecs had conquered lots of land in Mexico. Cortes wanted the land. He eventually destroyed the Aztec Empire. Unknown Date

The Seven Cities of Cibola

Jan 1, 1528

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca led and Spanish Expedition to Florida. They encountered many troubles and three of the five boats. The other two boats landed in on an island near Texas. To stay alive, he became a medicine man, and claimed that he could heal people by breathing on them. Unknown date

Francisco Pizarro

Jan 1, 1532

Pizarro had heard of the wealthy Inca Empire. He sailed with 180 Spanish Soldiers and captured the Inca ruler , Atahualpa, and destroyed most of his army. They eventually executed him, and took over the Inca Empire. Unknown date

Hernando de Soto

Jan 1, 1536

He heard stories of emerald and gold that inspired him to Florida and lands to the west. He and his troops took advantage of native peoples in the southeastern areas that they traveled . In 1541 he crossed the Mississippi River that he described as "swift, and very deep." Unknown Date

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Jan 1, 1540

He wanted to find the Seven Cities of Cibola. After traveling through Mexico and Arizona, he realized that there was no gold. He returned to Colorado. Unknown Date