1. Evan Hartly
The World in 1492 & Columbus's World

2. The Grand Tour: Europe
Spain dominates
Spain acquires funding from Italy to start exploration
Christopher Columbus sets sail after finally attaining financial backing

3. The Grand Tour: Turkey to Africa
Muslim Domination
Turkey controls most of north Africa
Egypt is the only country to resist
Ottoman empire growing very strong

4. The Grand Tour: South Asia
India is under Muslim rule except for Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar
Islam spread to the trading ports in Java, and the Spice Islands

5. The Grand Tour: China and Japan
These countries had large amounts of exotic goods for exportation
Grand trade routes were opened
Columbus set off for Japan but found an entire different region altogether

6. The Grand Tour: The Western Hemisphere
Civilizations in this hemisphere had no beasts of burden, nevertheless were able to build grand pyramids and temples
The Spanish burned all but 4 of the Mayan books, leaving a huge hole
The Mayans had the most accurate calendar

7. The Staff of Life
Corn, wheat, barley, oats, rye, all very easy to grow, and also nutritious
Beasts of burden were brought to the new world to assist in plowing and also to provide manure, to make agriculture easier

8. The Great Traditions
With the growing trade routes, hunter-gatherer groups were becoming more and more extinct
Stationary civilizations thrived because of trade
Architecture became a way of discerning cultural influence

9. The European Challenge
Amount of trade available became a new form of wealth
Exploring became a way of finding new trade opportunities, thus increasing wealth
Also this brought along the colonization of many newly discovered countries