Change Over Time Essay Essay

Western Europe remained isolated from one another and relied on independent economic and social developments. Western Europe’s trade was no longer land based which presented many new possibilities. Many new problems arose with this new found world changing experiences with the exchange of new trading products. However new diseases, and the separation of many families due to slave labor all came along with these economic and social transformations.
        Trade between 8000 BCE and 1750 CE which was a period marked in time by exploration and imperialism, a global economy emerged in which Western Europe through commerce interacted and exchanged goods such as animals, food/spices, and even slaves. In Western Europe, during 8000-600 CE, Europe built and used roads that connected with other civilizations through the Silk Road. The Silk Road was the major trading center through all of Europe. Although, while Western Europe thrived on the trading economy, Eastern Europe went on a different path and traded very little with outside sources due to the lack of contact with the outside world. During 600-1450 CE, a trade monopoly was established in Western Europe and trade with the Islamic world, which would prove to be a wise decision, started. A trade monopoly was also established in Eastern Europe and they soon became the crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia, although they still didn’t have much interest in western goods. The most radical change to occur between 1450 and 1750 CE revolved around the new global economy which was marked by the system of Triangular trade which took raw materials from other countries across the Atlantic to be transformed into manufactured products in Western Europe. The economy was booming with life due to the introduction of the New World which brought about a dramatic increase in the population. Also during 1450-1750 CE, trade had extended past the vast lands and into the seas which opened up endless possibilities for the thriving...