Eventually, Europeans dominated both trading systems allowing them to run the waters. Also because of location, the routes traded different resources because of what was supplied and how fertile the land was. Trade occurred in the Trans-Atlantic and Indian Ocean route creating a diverse amount of goods. The Trans-Atlantic trade route began the discovery of the new world from the establishment of lands over sea. The Trans-Atlantic trading system mainly took silver from deposits in Potosí, Bolivia, thus, creating a connection to the old and new world.
The encomienda system divided the all the people now living in the Americas into distinct social groups with the foreigners (peninsulares) at the top, those born to European parents in the Americas (creoles) and natives at the bottom. Conflict involving the peninsulares and the creoles broke out over their social statuses. The Spanish and
Western Europe’s expansion of Atlantic trade, through exploration and colonization, not only improved their own economy, but also the economy of America, through sharing new trade products and crops as well as beginning the slave trade. Western Europe began exploring other parts of the world around the mid-1400s. They first started out with primarily explorers from Portugal and Spain. Some of these people were Christopher Columbus, Francisco
The British expanded for numerous reasons. However this resulted in positive and negative effects on the conquered lands. British Imperialism was caused by many reasons. They expanded throughout many lands mainly due to economic reasons. According to Documents 3a and 3b, the British created an empire so they could sell cotton and iron goods.
They also managed long-distance trade, which provided luxury goods and additional food supplies. 23.) The Mississippi was used by the Mississippian culture by the accumulated effects of small increases in agricultural productivity, the adoption of the bow and arrow, and expansion of trade networks. During the height of the Cahokia, Cahokia controlled surrounding agricultural lands and a number of secondary towns ruled by sub chiefs. The urban center’s political and economic influence depended on its location on the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois
Themes in US and World History Task # 1 Nina Valentin 1. Without the seasonal flooding of the Nile, hunter gatherers in the Predynastic period would never have settled into agricultural villages which would lead to the development of Egyptian culture (history.com). In Ancient Egyptian the majority of the population where farmers. The peasant population depended on the cyclical flooding of the Nile to fertilize the surrounding land for cultivation. Since the majority of the population was based in small farming villages along the Nile, agriculture was the basis for their economy (history.com).
Between 1500-1800 C.E. Sub-Saharan Africa experienced changes and continuity as they began to go further with their foreign relations. Culturally, Africa began to form syncretic cults that had Christian teachings and African traditions. Slavery continued to be one of Africa's main way of showing economic wealth. Africa experienced growth and change in their political organization and the rise and fall of kingdoms and states Before the syncretic cults, Africa's old traditions and beliefs surrounded deities, idols, and multiple gods.
It is debatable of if it was the first. The Indus Valley was well known for their highly sophisticated wells and water storage systems in the ancient world. They also developed a system of weights and trade, wonderful types of pottery and jewelry. Traders would use The Indus River to do their trading because boat by river was an easy way to travel with a large amount of goods. By In the Indus River Valley, the largest cities of the area were located directly next to the Indus River (Martin).
With using the criteria`s of: scale, genius, effort, and significance; we will see what they were. The Maya`s remarkable achievements were: trade networks, calendars, and the number system; However their most remarkable achievement was building cities. Three good examples of the remarkable achievement by the ancient Maya were trade networks, number system, and the calendar. The trade network reached across Mesoamerica from southern Mexico to Honduras (Doc A). The Mayan`s carried many products on these routes including cocoa, basalt
The needs of British manufacturers certainly did contribute to the expansion of the slave trade from 1760 – 1800 as they needed all sorts of materials for making what they did, However, there were other factors that contributed as well such as consumer demand, the profitability of the slave trade, the need for a labour force on the plantations and the development of the triangular trading system. Consumer demand was high during the slave trade from all types of industry for example; coal, metal, and ship building materials needed to make the ships that would trade and transport slaves were high on the demand list. It wasn’t just the industries demanding, it was the British public who now had a taste for the Caribbean goods such as sugar, rum, tobacco, coffee and cotton for clothes. The introduction of tobacco had high demand as people would become literally addicted to it. So this was also a key factor in the expansion of the slave trade.