World History ll Blog

1500 christianity was largely limited to Europe  1750 christianity grew  split with roman catholic  Luther was a german priest who intent to strengthen and bring together roman Catholicism 95 theses (1517) criticism of the catholic &its corruption + theological message that through work, acts, or rituals is not the path to salvation  revolutionary impact- split from Catholicism (Protestant)  Women engaged in this movement by becoming literate so that they can read the bible themselves --> still were allowed little participation in the church    The power of the written word - Protestants believed that all commoners should be able to read the scripts themselves  printing press allowed the bible to be printed in the vernacular language & affordable Printing press also allowed different beliefs to spread faster and efficiently adding to the separation of churches in the protestant movement  1520's - peasants revolts broke ...

Europeans & Asian Commerce  Europeans wanted commercial connections with Asia  Europeans wanted Eastern products, mainly spices After the Black Death Europe built a substantial military  Problems from the old trade rout through the Indian Ocean Trade Network made cities become international trades Indian Ocean Trade  Made the Portuguese very rich because they were in control but they did not have goods to trade therefore made no complication To keep control on comers the Portuguese set piracy on the sea  Created a trading post empire  Spain Unpaid labor  1600 Portuguese trading post was declined  Spain challenged the Portuguese & controlled Asias trade  Spain established a base in the Philippines having control from 1565-165 Silver & Global Comers  Silver was more important than spices in the global exchange network  Mid 16th century Bolivia & Japan had a great demand for for silver but bot...