HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
HISTORY 101
Topic Fifteen:  Commerce, Conquest, and Colonization, 1300-1600

History 101 First Page  I  Syllabus and Study Guides 

Identifications:  Mongols, Chingiz Khan,  Timur the Lame, Marco Polo, Ottoman Turks, Mehmet II, Ottoman slaves, Bartholomeu Dias,  Prince Henry the Navigator, Prester John, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magelan, conquistadors, Price Revolution, Temujin, Battle of Lepanto, Magellan, Pizarro, Cortes,
 

Essay
1. How did the Ottoman Turks benefit from the Mongol expansion?  How did the Ottomans increase their power?
2.  Explain how the Ottomans differed from their predecessors in Constantinople in their religion and style of government.  What did they see as their position in religion and its importance to the state.

Reading Assignment

Judith G. Coffin and Robert C. Stacey, Chapter 11