The History Book

139 See also: Belisarius retakes Rome 76–77 ■ Muhammad receives the divine revelation 78–81 ■ The founding of Baghdad 86–93 ■ Th ...

140 ruled by him directly, and acted as buffer zones between Muslim and Christian areas. Some vassal states, including Bulgaria, ...

141 Naturalistic motifs in cobalt blues and chrome greens surround Islamic calligraphy in these Iznik wall tiles, commissioned f ...

FOLLOWING THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WE LEFT THE OLD WORLD CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS REACHES AMERICA (1492) US_142-147_Christopher_Columbus ...

FOLLOWING THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WE LEFT THE OLD WORLD CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS REACHES AMERICA (1492) US_142-147_Christopher_Columbus ...

144 continued to explore the Caribbean, visiting Cuba, Hispaniola, and several of the smaller islands. He met with a mostly peac ...

145 Christopher Columbus Born in Genoa, Christopher Columbus became a business agent for several prominent Genoese families and ...

146 way. Subsequent rulers continued to sponsor voyages and, in 1488, Portuguese captain Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern ti ...

147 after protracted negotiations, they agreed to sponsor the voyage. Securing a new trade route would certainly bring material ...

148 THIS LINE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS A PERPETUAL MARK AND BOUND THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS ( 1494 ) S pain and Portugal signed a ...

149 See also: Marco Polo reaches Shangdu 104–05 ■ The foundation of Tenochtitlan 112–17 ■ Christopher Columbus reaches America 1 ...

150 the colonists, and as a result of their ruthless treatment, and slaves were brought in from Africa to replace them. Brazil, ...

151 undertook to convert the locals to Christianity. They did convert them, but they also made them perform forced labor, especi ...

152 THE ANCIENTS NEVER RAISED THEIR BUILDINGS SO HIGH BRUNELLESCHI DESIGNS THE DOME OF FLORENCE CATHEDRAL (1420) I n 1418, the w ...

153 See also: Athenian democracy 46–51 ■ The assassination of Julius Caesar 58–65 ■ The Sack of Rome 68–69 ■ The fall of Constan ...

154 read and translate the works. This led to the emergence of Renaissance Humanism in Italy, which involved studying the humani ...

155 Mantua, the d’Este in Ferrara, the Sforza in Milan, and the Medici in Florence, spent lavishly on palaces, churches, and wor ...

156 and were armed with some 300 guns under the command of artillery expert Jean Bureau. Expecting reinforcements, Talbot signal ...

157 French troops (left) engage with the English over wooden defenses in this 15th-century illustration of the Battle of Castill ...

158 AS DIFFERENT FROM OURS AS DAY AND NIGHT THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE (1492 ONWARDS) T he arrival in the 1490s of the first Europea ...