How could merchants have led the way in cartography?

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How could merchants have led the way in
cartography?

• What is cartography?

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CARTOGRAPHY

• Cartography is map making.
• A cartographer is a map maker.
• Cartographers used measurements and calculations
  of merchants who traveled to make more accurate
  maps.

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EARLY MAP

• Not bad!!! They had no satellite images, let
  alone cameras.

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The Renaissance BeyondItaly
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FOCUS QUESTION

• What two inventions helped spread new ideas
  and information beyond Italy during the
  Renaissance?

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TECHNOLOGY

• How did the computer change our society?

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COMMUNICATION
CHANGED JOBS
BUSINESS
CONVENIENCE
EQUALITY
INFORMATION
SPREAD OF IDEAS
UNIVERSAL
INSTANT
FAST
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How were books printed in 1000?
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Books were copied by hand, usually by monks
called scribes.
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Looking at the picture and using your knowledge
of history, who do you think could afford to have
books?
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Would the working peasant class have been able to
afford to pay for a book?

• Peasants had to make everything they needed.
• They didnt have an opportunity to learn to read.

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Who could afford to buy books?

• Wealthy people were more likely to be able to
  read.
• Wealthy people could afford to buy books.

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PAPER

• One important development in making books
  available and affordable was the development of
  paper. It was a lot cheaper than the animal skins
  that they had written on.

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How did Europeans gain the knowledge to make
paper?

• Paper was invented by the Chinese.
• Arab traders learned how to make paper from the
  Chinese.
• Europeans learned how to make paper after trading
  with the Arabs.

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How would the printing press be like the computer
of the Renaissance?
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COMMUNICATION
CHANGED JOBS
BUSINESS
CONVENIENCE
EQUALITY
INFORMATION
SPREAD OF IDEAS
UNIVERSAL
LITERACY
FAST
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Everything changed with the invention of the
printing press.
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Johann Gutenberg

• Gutenbergs printing press helped spread new
  ideas throughout Europe.
• It used movable type for mass production.

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JOHANN GUTENBERG

• The first book he printed was the Gutenberg Bible
  which was beautiful and ornate.

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Miguel de Cervantes
Made fun of romantic tales of the Middle Ages.
The main character is an old man who decides
to become a knight.
You are left wondering whether he was wise or
insane.
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Please turn to page 316.
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How was humanism reflected in the works of
Shakespeare?
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Everyday people/relationshipsEverything human!

• Families
• Love
• Betrayal
• Loyalty
• Fear
• Bravery
• Humor
• Death

William Shakespeare
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FOCUS QUESTION

• What two inventions helped spread new ideas
  and information beyond Italy during the
  Renaissance?
• Paper
• Printing