China and Portugal during the Age of Exploration When the Chinese finally managed to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty during the Middle Ages, foreign interests increased. With the support of Ming Emperor Yung-Lo, China pursued expansion and trade. Zheng-He, a Chinese Muslim, set out to India, Persia and Africa from 1405 to 1433. Around that time, Portugal commenced their expansion voyages. Despite the fact that the Chinese had a larger population, Portugal was the one who went on to become the dominant nation in the Indian Ocean during the Age of Exploration.
That was until Spanish navigators Juan Díaz de Solís and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón touched on part of the Honduran coast in 1508 and devoted most of their efforts to exploring the area. After the Spanish discovery and speedy conquest, Honduras became part of Spain's large empire in the New World. The Spanish ruled Honduras for about 3 centuries. Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821 and an independent republic with the fall of the union in 1840. By 1968 the Lopez Arellano regime seemed to be in serious trouble.
However in other empires like Britain, trading was sustained all year round due to the habitable environment throughout the year. Due to this some historians argue that Russia was landlocked compared to other countries because of the geographical extremes it encased. However some parts of Russia were full of coal and oil which in the 1850’s were not fought after, but would be to come. At the time it was hard to access and exploit these recourses’, highlighting the industrial advancements that Russia needed. Russia with such a huge geographical impact made it hard to link with transportation that would move food and other goods to all parts of Russia; this was a problem which is arguably the cause of Russia losing the First World War later in 1914.
A Comparison on the Colonization Techniques of England and Spain and the resulting outcomes Spain and England are known leaders of the Colonization of the New World. Both countries had a very different approach to how they colonized the New World, and both of them reaped different benefits from colonization. Spain had started their colonization process in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered the New World; in 1493 Spain had established their first Colony of Hispaniola. Almost 100 years later, in 1587 England entered the arena with their first settlement on Roanoke Island. This establishment quickly collapsed and the first permanent English colony of Jamestown was established 20 years later in 1607.
The Legacy of Colonialism: South Africa Throughout the period of the European chaos which was started by the French Revolution, Great Britain became the leading sea power and occupied the Cape peninsula to stop it from going to the French. A British journey simply required that the Dutch officials surrender in 1795, and even though the Dutch redeemed the Cape again because of the terms of the Treaty of Amiens in 1803, the Dutch were kicked out yet another time in January 1806. By this time British power and control was established or complete in the opinion of the Europeans, but, of course, without taking in the consideration of meeting with and discussing it with the Southern Africans, in the peace settlement of 1814. In 1820, when the first large group of white settlers came to South Africa. The population of the white man took a major increase when there were 47,000 immigrants (43,000 of which were Dutch)(RD 95).
Before then, there had been a variety of government presiding over the island. The islands were inhabited by a number of native Hawaiian tribes that, at the dawn of 19th century, were fiercely fighting for control of the land. It wasn’t until 1810 that a dynasty, formed by King Kamehameha, established official rule over the islands. For over sixty years the dynasty prospered, until they changed to a constitutional monarchy. Around this time, British and American explorers discovered the islands.
The attempt to resolve these issues by the North Ministry resulted in a revolution. (The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence (2001), Library of America, 880pp) During the 17th century, the Europeans acquired a taste for tea which rival companies were created to import the tea from China. The Parliament in England, gave the East India Company the control of the importation of the tea in 1968. The Tea became very popular in the British colonies which caused the Parliament to remove foreign competition by passing a Tea Act in 1721 which required that colonies to import their tea from Great Britain and nowhere else. By law, the East India Company did not export the tea to the colonies.
The European economies were exhausted by the cost of waging a long war. In comparison, the USA grew rich during the war years. Its late arrival to the war, and the fact that its cities and industries were not bombed or destroyed during the conflict, meant that at the end of the war it was able to capitalise on the perilous state of European industry and dominate their markets. The First World War was very beneficial to America as during this time America’s food
The Fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, an empire which had lasted for over 1,100 years. The conquering of Constantinople allowed the Ottoman Empire to rise up as one of the longest-running modern empires in history. Mehmed II of the Ottoman Turks also known as "The Conqueror" was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. He got the name "Conqueror" after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. In 1451 he devoted himself to strengthening the Ottoman navy, and in the same year made preparations for the taking of Constantinople.
Monsoon winds aided sailors and merchants since travel time was shortened by sailing quickly with the wind. Monsoons emphasized maritime travel to get to different coasts of the Indian Ocean basin. For many Asian regions, the monsoons and maritime travel was the most efficient way to travel quickly. Maritime travel did not only attract many Asian regions but Portugal as well. In the late 1400s, a Portuguese captain and his sailors, Vasco da Gama came upon East-African city-states and pirated goods and raw materials, with the intent to control, but the attempt was a failure.