An Old World Encounters Another Old World:

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An Old World Encounters Another Old World
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An Old World Encounters Another Old World

• Why 1492?

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1.The First Americans
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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl

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Quetzalcoatl

• Not an Aztec god , but a god the Aztecs believed
  in, he was the feathered serpent god of death and
  resurrection

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II

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Moctezuma II

• Aztec god/empeorer(1466-1520), he ruled the
  Aztec empire at the time of Cortes landing and
  also would preside during its destruction

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II
• -Hernon Cortes

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Hernan Cortes

• Arriving on the shores of Veracruz in the spring
  of 1519 with 11 ships and 400 men, this Spanish
  explorer/conquistador is credited with destroying
  the Aztec Empire.

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II
• -Hernon Cortes
• -Bernal Diaz

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Bernal Diaz

• A soldier in Cortes army, he was the expeditions
  chief recorder. He kept a daily record of all
  that he saw. One of a small number of primary
  sources on the Aztec empire.

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II
• -Hernon Cortes
• -Bernal Diaz
• -Religion/Superstition

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1.The First Americans

• -Mayas
• -Incas
• -Aztecs
• -Quetzalcoatl
• -Moctezuma II
• -Hernon Cortes
• -Bernal Diaz
• -Religion/Superstition

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2. First European Contact
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2. First European Contact

• -Bjarni Herjulfsson

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Bjarni Herjulfsson

• While sailing from Norway to Iceland to
  Greenland in 986 or 987, Herjulfsson, A Norse
  explorer, was blown off course in a storm. Though
  he managed to regain his course, he reported
  seeing low-lying hills covered with forests
  somewhere to the west. Believed to be the first
  European to view mainland North America.

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2. First European Contact

• -Bjarni Herjulfsson
• -Leif Eriksson

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Leif Eriksson

• In 1010, Leif Eriksson explores the routes of
  Herjulfson and Erik the Red and discovers and
  names land in present-day Canada Helluland,
  Markland and Vinland. He also attempts to
  permanently settle Vinland but fails. Thus, he
  becomes the first person of European origin ever
  to set foot on the North American mainland

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3.Rise of Modern Europe
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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades

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Crusades

• A number of wars fought between 1095 and 1291
  between the religions of Christianity, Islam, and
  Judaism for control of the city of Jerusalem.

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades
• -International Trade

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades
• -International Trade
• -Explorers

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades
• -International Trade
• -Explorers

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3.Rise of Modern Europe

• -Dark Ages
• -Crusades
• -International Trade
• -Explorers
• -New Technology

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4.Why 1492?
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4.Why 1492?

• -What occurred after 1010?

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4.Why 1492?

• -What occurred after 1010?
• -What occurred after 1492?