Transcript Venice, Italy’s Impact on the Age of Exploration From Marco _____ to
Venice, Italy’s Impact on the Age of Exploration From Marco _____ to Christopher Columbus
Meanwhile, in most of Europe . . .
And then the Byzantine empire (Christian – east side of the old Roman empire) fell to the Ottoman empire (Muslim)
What was this area of the world called in the 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th centuries? (2 names) What country is this today?
Where did he think he was? What did Columbus call his discovery?
1492
What do we call these people?