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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
Pope Urban the II pleaded for the christian army to go to war against islam. The first crusade was successful and the christians captured Jerusalem. These wars were called Jihad or Holy War by muslims. -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo
Marco Polo,a venetian traveling the silk road met Kublai khan in China in 1275. -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince henry navigation
In 1419 Prince henry the navigator started a school of navigation. In this school people were trained in navigation, map making, and science. -
Jan 1, 1460
Portuguese trading posts around coast of Africa
These posts ended up helping them collect many valuable resources such as gold dust.many of the ports had forts in close proximity to help defend them. -
May 29, 1488
Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa
in 1488 Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became the first european to sail around the southern tip of Africa opening the route from Europe to Asia. This was helpful because the Ottoman Empire had shut down the other trade routes to Asia. Dias trip also set up more trade advantages with India and more Asian opportunities. -
May 20, 1490
Vasco de gama sails to India
Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama went on a mission to reach india ,and open a sea route from Europe to India. -
Jan 1, 1492
columbus attempts to find fast route to Asia
The main reason for the want of a fast sea route was that traveling over land was slow and dangerous. The expedition itself being expensive costs less than sending the supplies across the world/region. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas divides americas between Spain and Portugal
This agreement between Spain and Portugal was for settling conflicts over lands newly discovered, explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers. -
Jan 1, 1499
De Gama returns to Portugal with valuable
Vasco de gama returned from an expedition and made a 1000% profit on the cargo he came back with from Asia. This cargo made a enormous impact on the economy of portugal. -
Feb 1, 1509
Portugal defeats muslims to take over India trade
This event also known as the Portuguese–Mamluk naval war. A war for the dominance in trade between the Egyptian state of the Mamluks and the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean. -
Feb 17, 1510
Portugese captures Goa
Albuquerque captured Goa with little conflict. Later a muslim force approached Goa in hopes to recapture the city. The muslim force captures the city and Albuquerque retreats. Three months later Albuquerque returns with a larger fleet and captures the city in less than a day. -
Aug 15, 1511
Portugal seizes Malacca
After the Portuguese arrived in India They realized the importance of the city of Malacca so they sent an expedition to the city that was captured and taken prisoner. Afonso de Albuquerque made a plan to send an expedition to take and capture the city. When the expedition got there they attacked as soon as they could and gained control of the bridge that divided the town. The gain of this city gave the Portugese control the main trade routes of India. -
Dutch set up trade at Batavia
Batavia, the capitol of the dutch east indies was set to trade 1619. while fighting over the Banda islands the English and Dutch East India Companies created a truce to trade here. -
Dutch have more ships than any other nation
This moment for the dutch was part of their Golden age in which they were the most acclaimed countries in trade, science, military, and art. During this time the dutch had the funds to build mass amounts of ships to add to their fleet.
