Sonni Ali Ber, 67–73, 75, 86
Sonni Baro, 72–74
Sophia (wife of Ivan III), 169
Southeast Aisa, 214–15, 227–28, 244, 248, 265–68, 319
Spain, 37, 111–12, 187–88, 276–80, 287–88, 296–99, 303, 306, 308, 319
See also Ferdinand, King; Granada war; Isabella, Queen; Jewish expulsion
spice trade, 17–19, 244–45, 253
Sufism, 264, 267–72
sugar trade, 178, 179, 183, 186, 279
Suleiman I (Ottoman sultan), 93
Swahili coast, 263–65
syphilis, 102
Talavera, Hernando de, 41–43
Tanausú (leader, La Caldera), 285–86
Taoism, 216–19
technology, 201–3, 289
Tenerife, 278, 280, 286
Tenochtitlan, 290, 291, 293–99
Tenuch (Tenochtitlan founder), 293–95
Tiahuanaco, 301
Timbuktu, 69–73
time, counting of, 21–23
Tlatelolco, 298, 299
Tlaxcala, 298–99
Tristram of the Isle, 182
Tuareg, 62, 63, 68–71, 74
Turks
Charles VIII desire to conquer, 137
Christians in the Ottoman Empire, 105, 108
Constantinople seized by, 30, 106, 166–70
focus on unity in diversity, 105–7
Jewish refugees in Ottoman Empire, 105, 107–10
under Mehmet II, 106–8
naval efforts, 110–13, 204
relations with Italy, 107, 108, 137
taking of Byzantium, 167–68
as threat to Spain, 9–10, 30
Valera, Diego de, 33–34, 45, 50
Vasily II, Prince (Moscovy), 155, 158, 168
Venice, 104, 112
Vera, Pedro de, 280–82
Vietnam, 214, 223, 265–66
Vijayanagar, 259, 318
Virgil, 10–11, 128–29
Volga, 155
Vyatkans, 174
Wang Zheng, 217
Western civilization. See Europe
witchcraft persecution, 24, 96
women, 45–46
Wu Wei, 219–22
Yi Hoe, 14
Yongle, Emperor (China), 223, 245, 247
Yoshimasa, Shogun, 232–35
Yukawa Masaharu, 236–37
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Jami), 270–72
Záhara, 32–33
Zambezi Valley, 85
Zheng He, 223–27, 245–49
zimbabwes, 85
Zosima (monk), 160–61
About the Author
FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO is currently the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at Notre Dame University, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Global History. Fernández-Armesto is also a member of the history faculty at Queen Mary College, University of London. The author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty-five books, Fernández-Armesto’s work has been translated into twenty-two languages. His books include Before Columbus; The Times Illustrated History of Europe; Columbus; Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years (the subject of a ten-part series on CNN); Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature; Near a Thousand Tables; The Americas; Ideas That Changed the World; Humankind: A Brief History; The Times Atlas of World Exploration; Reformations; Truth; and The Times Guide to the Peoples of Europe.
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Also by Felipe Fernández-Armesto:
Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years
Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed
Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
The Americas: A Hemispheric History
Ideas That Changed the World
So You Think You’re Human?
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
The World: A History
Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America
Credits
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Jacket design: Barbara Fisher, www.levanfisherdesign.com
Cover illustrations (clockwise from top left): Montezuma II by Antonio Rodriguez; Museo degli Argenti, Florence, Italy, Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY.
Miniature illustration from the Haft Awrang, “Seven Thrones,” of Jami/public domain, Wikipedia.
Detail from the Catalan Atlas, 1375 (vellum), by Abraham Cresques (1325–87); Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris, France/The Bridgeman Art Library. Michelangelo Appears before Pope Julius II in Bologna by Anastagio Fontebuoni © Scala/Art Resource, NY.
Copyright
1492: The Year the World Began. Copyright © 2009 by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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