Before class on Wednesday/Thursday please read pages 415-426. Look out for the following:
- What were the results of the Portuguese expeditions into West Africa? (pgs. 415-417)
- How successful were the Portuguese as they moved into India? (pg. 418-422)
- Who were the conquistadors and what did they do? (pg. 422)
- Who was Hernan Cortes and what role did he play in the fall of the Aztec empire? (pg. 422)
- Who was Francisco Pizarro and what role did he play in the fall of the Inca empire? (pg. 424)