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Europe before Transatlantic Travel

Europe before Transatlantic Travel. Topic 5. Ancient Greece. Valued Reason and deep thinking. Three Great Thinkers: Socrates – question your thoughts and beliefs Plato – The Republic described an ideal society Aristotle – taught to live based on reason

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Europe before Transatlantic Travel

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  1. Europe before Transatlantic Travel Topic 5

  2. Ancient Greece • Valued Reason and deep thinking. • Three Great Thinkers: • Socrates – question your thoughts and beliefs • Plato – The Republic described an ideal society • Aristotle – taught to live based on reason • Athens started democracy; all male citizens participated in the government

  3. Ancient Rome • Roman Republic was another form of democracy • Elected representatives for one year • Laws were kept on display in public places • Believed in innocent until proven guilty and equality for all citizens

  4. The Middle Ages in Europe • Lasted about 1,000 years. • People followed the feudal system • Nearly everyone was Catholic Christian.

  5. The Crusades • Series of Holy Wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia (today’s Middle East). • Christians wanted control of Palestine and the “Holy Lands”. • Started permanent trade with countries in Asia.

  6. Travel and Growth • Technology in the early 1100s made farming easier. • Population gets larger. • Cities become larger. • Travel becomes safer, Increased trade along a trade route called the Silk Road. • Marco Polo – famous Italian traveller and merchant that brought back ideas, spices, paper money, even spaghetti!

  7. The Black Death • Around 1345, the Black Death is brought back to Europe through trade. • It kills about 25 million! • Everything is effected. • Workers are scarce, so they start demanding better treatment and conditions. • Begin seeing trade guilds and a middle class emerge.

  8. The Renaissance • Means “rebirth” • Love of education during this period. • Rulers had relative peace and control. • Advances in Art, literature, science, politics, value of human individuals. • Begins in Italy, spreads across Europe.

  9. Leaders of the Renaissance • Michelangelo – painter, sculptor, architect • Leonardo da Vinci – painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, engineer, mapmaker. • Dante Alighieri – writer • Wrote in Italian instead of latin – BIG step to making education available to everyone • Johannes Gutenberg – developed a printing press with movable type.

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