What was the first trade route? What are the basic source of knowledge? What was the medieval conception of the universe?

Name: World Civilizations II Week 2 Notes
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World Civilizations II Voyages of Discovery 1450-1550 Medieval Conception of World - Maps weren’t very detailed - Only thought Africa, Asia, and Europe existed *Thought that the world was round o Observational data (Tall building when sail away sink and when sail close they rise, due to the curvature of the Earth) - Ancient Greeks believed spheres were perfectly shaped, so Earth obviously had to be spherical - At the edges of the Earth the world began to get extreme if they traveled to the edge of the world - Europe is Christian while the rest of the world is not - 3 continents fit the Holy Trinity