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One of most important features of this time period is the integration of both hemispheres into the world first truly global network of trade. New technologies and methods of financing enabled trans-Atlantic trade and altered previous patterns of exchange. The ensuring new encounters spread culture, religion, new foods, and disease across the globe. Demographic changes were volatile, with some areas experiencing drastic changes because of the introduction of new foods while other areas, such as the Americas, were devastated with the introduction of new diseases. | One of most important features of this time period is the integration of both hemispheres into the world first truly global network of trade. New technologies and methods of financing enabled trans-Atlantic trade and altered previous patterns of exchange. The ensuring new encounters spread culture, religion, new foods, and disease across the globe. Demographic changes were volatile, with some areas experiencing drastic changes because of the introduction of new foods while other areas, such as the Americas, were devastated with the introduction of new diseases. | ||
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| − | :'''I. In the [[File:Macau Trade Routes.png|right | + | :'''I. In the [[File:Macau Trade Routes.png|right|300px]]context of the new global circulation of goods, there was in intensification of all existing regional trade networks that brought prosperity and economic disruption to the merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Sahara, and overland Eurasia.'''<br><br> |
::Europeans in the Indian Ocean led to the down fall of the Swahili cities, how Europeans took control of Malacca. In Africa, the incorporation of West Africa into the Atlantic system drew the focus of trade from Trans-Saharan to the west. And the fall of Constantinople and Da Gama’s maritime route to the Indian Ocean lessened Europe’s dependence upon Silk Road trade. So what about the economic prosperity of these routes? Did the mere rise of Europe increase trade in these areas before they became weakened by the above mentioned issues? Or am I missing something regarding the “context of the new global circulation of goods”? Of course, silver comes into the picture, but I just want to make sure I am getting this item. | ::Europeans in the Indian Ocean led to the down fall of the Swahili cities, how Europeans took control of Malacca. In Africa, the incorporation of West Africa into the Atlantic system drew the focus of trade from Trans-Saharan to the west. And the fall of Constantinople and Da Gama’s maritime route to the Indian Ocean lessened Europe’s dependence upon Silk Road trade. So what about the economic prosperity of these routes? Did the mere rise of Europe increase trade in these areas before they became weakened by the above mentioned issues? Or am I missing something regarding the “context of the new global circulation of goods”? Of course, silver comes into the picture, but I just want to make sure I am getting this item. | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 29 November 2013
One of most important features of this time period is the integration of both hemispheres into the world first truly global network of trade. New technologies and methods of financing enabled trans-Atlantic trade and altered previous patterns of exchange. The ensuring new encounters spread culture, religion, new foods, and disease across the globe. Demographic changes were volatile, with some areas experiencing drastic changes because of the introduction of new foods while other areas, such as the Americas, were devastated with the introduction of new diseases.
- I. In the context of the new global circulation of goods, there was in intensification of all existing regional trade networks that brought prosperity and economic disruption to the merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Sahara, and overland Eurasia.
- Europeans in the Indian Ocean led to the down fall of the Swahili cities, how Europeans took control of Malacca. In Africa, the incorporation of West Africa into the Atlantic system drew the focus of trade from Trans-Saharan to the west. And the fall of Constantinople and Da Gama’s maritime route to the Indian Ocean lessened Europe’s dependence upon Silk Road trade. So what about the economic prosperity of these routes? Did the mere rise of Europe increase trade in these areas before they became weakened by the above mentioned issues? Or am I missing something regarding the “context of the new global circulation of goods”? Of course, silver comes into the picture, but I just want to make sure I am getting this item.
