Chapter 15 Outline
Chapter 15 Outline
The Maritime Revolution to 1550
I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450
A. The Pacific Ocean -Historians have debated for years about Polynesian people and their sailing.Despite traveling over the vast Pacific Ocean and not being able to navigateusing the land (because of their distance from it, they could not follow the shoreline) The Polynesians left no written records on how they navigated, andhistorians debate over whether they were actually able to navigate or whetherthey just got lost and found their way through the chain of Hawaiian islands, eventhough some were over 2000 miles away from their home ports. Others say thatpeoples from the Americas settled there instead of the Polynesians, however thenative language has ties to Malaysia, the Pacific west, and the Asian continent,disproving this theory. -In 1976, a Polynesian crew proved that it was possible to navigate the Pacificwaters using only observations of stars, currents, and land.
B. The Indian Ocean -The Indian Ocean has long been a vital area for developing civilizations in theMiddle East and Asia. It served as a highway for goods and people, with itscoves and large landmass proximity sheltering the seafarers. The monsoonwinds were very predictable and helped to transport goods very easily, and largeships filled with goods were easily transported -The traders and merchants who operated in the Indian Ocean trading systemwere for the most part not loyal to their homeport. They were independent andtraded without influence from their homeland. -During the period of 1368, the Chinese government began to show interest inthe trading going on in their ports, because of the large amount of revenue it wasgenerating. The ruler’s Ming dynasty overthrew the Mongols at this point andbegan to establish connections and implement policies in order to nurse China’ssuffering economy and prestige back to what it was before the Mongolconquests. Once establishing
The Maritime Revolution to 1550
I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450
A. The Pacific Ocean -Historians have debated for years about Polynesian people and their sailing.Despite traveling over the vast Pacific Ocean and not being able to navigateusing the land (because of their distance from it, they could not follow the shoreline) The Polynesians left no written records on how they navigated, andhistorians debate over whether they were actually able to navigate or whetherthey just got lost and found their way through the chain of Hawaiian islands, eventhough some were over 2000 miles away from their home ports. Others say thatpeoples from the Americas settled there instead of the Polynesians, however thenative language has ties to Malaysia, the Pacific west, and the Asian continent,disproving this theory. -In 1976, a Polynesian crew proved that it was possible to navigate the Pacificwaters using only observations of stars, currents, and land.
B. The Indian Ocean -The Indian Ocean has long been a vital area for developing civilizations in theMiddle East and Asia. It served as a highway for goods and people, with itscoves and large landmass proximity sheltering the seafarers. The monsoonwinds were very predictable and helped to transport goods very easily, and largeships filled with goods were easily transported -The traders and merchants who operated in the Indian Ocean trading systemwere for the most part not loyal to their homeport. They were independent andtraded without influence from their homeland. -During the period of 1368, the Chinese government began to show interest inthe trading going on in their ports, because of the large amount of revenue it wasgenerating. The ruler’s Ming dynasty overthrew the Mongols at this point andbegan to establish connections and implement policies in order to nurse China’ssuffering economy and prestige back to what it was before the Mongolconquests. Once establishing