He died circumnavigating the globe, finding a route to the orient.
Answer:
A cannon and soldiers on horseback.
Explanation:
From the description given by the Aztecs, it is likely that what they are seeing for the first time is a cannon and soldiers riding on horseback.
The Aztecs described it as "a thing that a ball of stone comes out of its entrails" and if it were aimed at a tree, "it shatters the tree into splinters", almost as if "the tree had exploded from within" which is a very good description of a cannon.
Also, they described something about men "dressing in iron" and their "deer carrying them" anywhere they wanted to go, which is a good description of armor-wearing soldiers on horseback.
The two primary reasons the colonists gave for not wanting to declare their independence were 1) that they would be going up against the greatest military in the world (Britain), and that 2) they would loose their military protection.
Answer: The correct answer is the Silk Road, also known as the Silk Route,
Explanation: The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that connected China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. The Silk Road was first established when the Han Dynasty in China officially started trade with the West in 130 B.C. The Silk Road routes then stayed in use until 1453 A.D., when the Ottoman Empire boycotted trade with China and closed them.
The last great emperor in the Ottoman Empire was Mehmed VI or as Vahideddin.
