(The Post-Classical Era: 600-1450) These are all of the bolded terms for this chapter that the book gives definitions for, I recommend on just studying the ones you need to know
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| 8323043567 | Zheng He | Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, betweens 1403 and 1433. | 0 | |
| 8323043568 | Renaissance | Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy C. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages. | 1 | |
| 8323085391 | Petrarch, Francesco | One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist. | 2 | |
| 8323110049 | Castile and Aragon | Regional kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims and ultimately united under the Spanish monarchy. | 3 | |
| 8323127428 | Vivaldis | Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic. | 4 | |
| 8323134875 | da Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in the Indian Ocean. | 5 | |
| 8323142711 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion. | 6 |
