Describe the rise of the Ottoman Empire and its defeat of Constantinople
What was the Spanish Reconquista? what impact did it have on Europe’s Jewish population?
Discuss Bartolome de las Casas’s objections to Spanish colonization of the Americas
Briefly describe the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation
Describe the Columbian Exchange. In what ways did the arrival of Europeans to America bring about unforeseen and unintended consequences for the people and environments of both the New World and the Old?
