MODERN AGE

1492

DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

FRENCH REVOLUTION

1789

16th CENTURY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

THE NEW WORLD: AMERICABEFORE EUROPEANS DISCOVERED AMERICA,

THERE WERE 3 TRIBES:

AZTECS

AZTECSThe Aztec Empire was located in central

Mexico

Their life and society was centred around their religion and gods

To honour their gods, they built temples as PYRAMIDS.

In 1519 Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes arrived in Mexico. By 1521 the Spanish had conquered the Aztecs.

CROPS:VANILLA, TOMATOES AND CORN

THE NEW WORLD: AMERICA

MAYAS

MAYAS

MAYAS

They were very advanced in mathematics, art, architecture, and astronomy

They were organised in cities-states

They live in CENTRAL AMERICA, south Mexico, Guatemala and

Honduras

The Mayas were the only American civilization to develop an advanced

writing system

INCAS

The Inca Empire was settled in the west coast of South America: Peru.

The Incas were conquered by Francisco Pizarro in 1533

Their capital was Cuzco

They built a system of roads and they used LLAMAS to transport goods

MACHU PICCHU

JUANA DE ARCO (1412-1431)

SAINT

CAPTURED BY ENGLISHMEN

BURN IN A BONFIRE

HERETICLEADER IN THE FRENCH

ARMY

1492 in SPAIN

UNIFICATION: Granada– Navarra– Canary Islands

REFORMS– Control economy, government, army– Took some privileges away from nobility– INQUISITION– Strong Army

INTOLERANCE– Moriscos – Expulsion of Jewish

THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

TRADITIONALLY

Why don’t we sailed WEST to

get to China and India?

The discovery of America

Canary Islands

The discovery of America

3rd August 1492

12th October 1492

San Salvador (Bahamas-

Archipelago)

FERNANDO MAGALLANES AND JUAN SEBASTIAN EL CANO

THE SPANISH EMPIRECARLOS I FELIPE II

CARLOS I and CARLOS V (GERMANY)

FELIPE II

LOW COUNTRIES

CHRISTIAN KINGDOM

TURKISH EMPIRE

BATTLE OF LEPANTO

RENAISSANCECAPILLA SIXTINA (SIXTINE CHAPEL)

DAVID

HOMBRE DE VITRUVIO(VITRUVIAN MAN) ÚLTIMA CENA

(LAST SUPPER)

RENAISSANCE

LA PIEDAD(LA PIETÀ)

MONA LISA(GIOCONDA)