MODERN AGE

1. MODERN AGE
1492
DISCOVERY OF
AMERICA
FRENCH
REVOLUTION
1789
16th
CENTURY

2. FRENCH REVOLUTION

3. THE NEW WORLD: AMERICA
BEFORE EUROPEANS DISCOVERED AMERICA,
THERE WERE 3 TRIBES:

5. AZTECS

6. AZTECS
The 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

7. THE NEW WORLD: AMERICA
MAYAS

8. MAYAS

9. 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

11. 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

12. JUANA DE ARCO (1412-1431)
SAINT
CAPTURED BY
ENGLISHMEN
BURN IN A BONFIRE
HERETIC
LEADER IN THE
FRENCH ARMY

13. 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

14. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
TRADITIONALLY
Why don’t we
sailed WEST to
get to China and
India?

15. The discovery of America
Canary
Islands

16. The discovery of America
3rd August 1492
12th October 1492
San Salvador
(Bahamas-
Archipelago)

17. FERNANDO MAGALLANES AND
JUAN SEBASTIAN EL CANO

18. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
CARLOS I FELIPE II

19. CARLOS I and CARLOS V (GERMANY)

20. FELIPE II
LOW COUNTRIES
CHRISTIAN
KINGDOM
TURKISH EMPIRE
BATTLE OF LEPANTO

21. RENAISSANCE
CAPILLA SIXTINA
(SIXTINE CHAPEL)
DAVID
HOMBRE DE VITRUVIO
(VITRUVIAN MAN)
ÚLTIMA CENA
(LAST SUPPER)

22. RENAISSANCE
LA PIEDAD
(LA PIETÀ)
MONA LISA
(GIOCONDA)