https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5 Made with charm en-us 2016-06-27 18:01:58 UTC 2017-03-15 09:56:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115527754 The desire to spread Christianity motivated Europeans to explore. They hoped to Christianize the Asian people.]]> 2016-06-27 18:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115527754 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115528464 2016-06-27 18:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115528464 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115528625 Believed that they would have to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach Asia. ]]> 2016-06-27 18:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115528625 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529065 2016-06-27 18:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529065 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529104 Portugal built a bustling trading empire thought the Indian ocean. In 1509 it extended control over the area from Muslim merchants. Portugal built a fort at Hormuz to strengthen its hold on the region.]]> 2016-06-27 18:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529104 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529622 Portugal was the first European country to establish trading outposts along the west coast of Africa. They encountered large supplies of gold, silver, and jewels. ]]> 2016-06-27 18:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115529622 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115530157 2016-06-27 18:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115530157 351361 https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115530384 Advances in technology made the voyages of discovery possible. In the 1400s shipbuilders designed a new vessel, the caravel. The caravel was sturdier than earlier vessels.]]> 2016-06-27 18:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/351361/rpw5kf3inck5/wish/115530384