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Contact and Conflict: The Interactions of Europe and the World 1450 1700
AfricaAsia
The Americas West Indies
Slave Trade
Piracy
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism
Dutch East India Company
Inca
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The world as imagined by Europeans prior to the 15th century:• world was made up of 3 continents (Asia, Africa & Europe) and 2 oceans (Indian Ocean & Western Ocean)
• land covered 3/4 of Earth's surface• earth only 1/6 of actual size• faroff lands inhabited by bizarre, exotic creatures e.g. dragons, unicorns and dogheaded humans
• Africa/Orient imagined as paradise
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The Geography Contributed to the age of European Exploration:• European nations who explored overseas had an Atlantic seacoast; this gave them an advantage over China and Japan who had to cross the Pacific Ocean (larger and more treacherous)
• Atlantic wind systems were deciphered in the 15th century; Atlantic wind systems gave Europe an advantage over Asia, which did not have favourable winds and India which faced the monsoon rains
Which European nations between the 15th and 17th centuries are most well known for their exploration? Where did they explore? Who explored?
Area Explored Famous ExplorerEuropean Nation
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Trade Routes
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Relationship between European Powers and the Ottoman Turks during the 15th and 16th centuries:
• rapid expansion of Ottoman Empire made Europeans feel uneasy and threatened: this led to some European nations to search for Christian allies overseas
• Ottoman Turks blockaded overland routes and attempted to control trade: this led Europeans to search for alternative sea routes to Asia
• Antagonism between Europeans and Ottoman Empire has been described as "crusade on one side and jihad on the other"
• general enmity but some alliances existed between individual monarchs and sultans
• both were equal powers until the 18th century
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The Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
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Impact of the slave trade on African states and communities:• slavery had existed in Africa before European contact but Europeans introduced chattel slavery
Chattel slavery = slaves as property
• Europeans provided an insatiable market for slaves• Europeans encouraged war between African kingdoms since prisoners of war were a source of slaves
• resulted in severe depopulation, especially in young males• no contribution to African infrastructure was made; only influx of cheap manufactured goods traded for slaves
• contributed to current status of African countries as developing (or underdeveloped) nations
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Exploring the Americas: Aztecs and the Incas• both societies were wealthy and complex when discovered by the Europeans
• most devastating consequence of conquest was the radical depopulation > disease (e.g. tuberculosis, measles and smallpox)> forced labour> slavery> demoralization
• introduction of cattle, sheep and goats transformed the relationship between man and the land
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Europeans were less successful at dominating trade relationships in Japan and China because:
• China and Japan already were part of a highly developed world system; Europeans had to adapt to their economy
• Chinese followed orders from government in Beijing, which restricted Europeans to role of transporters of goods: not able to make themselves essential to trade
• Ultimately, Chinese limited contact with foreigners to only selected coastal commercial sites
• Japanese also ultimately followed a policy of isolationism; expelled all foreigners and crucified thousands of Japanese who had converted to Christianity and forbid foreigners from living in Japan
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The Americas Asia Africa EuroAmerica
Role of the area in the capitalist world economy
How did the people fit into the European worldview of the 16th century?
Nature of the area's trading relationship with Europeans
Europe and the World in the Sixteenth Century