Continuities and Changes of the Commerce of the Indian Ocean Region from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. Trade has been a major way to connect people to other parts to the world and to access to other products all throughout the world. Today‚ trade connects nations and products of the western hemisphere to those of the eastern hemisphere. The Indian Ocean was a major trading zone for the areas surrounding it in the time period from 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. Several aspects of this trading area stayed constant
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CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.10 Background For years‚ the Port Mombasa has been known as “the city of merchants”. Dating back to the times of Vasco Da Gama‚ it became an increasingly busy trading post for the region. Due to its location‚ strategically placed midway between South Africa and the gulf of Eden the Port has experienced tremendous traffic through the years. The Port of Mombasa is the gateway to East and Central Africa‚ and is one of the busiest Ports along the East African coastline
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Prince Henry of Portugal‚ sent Portuguese ships to explore and investigate‚ the west coast of west Africa. Stated by the writer of his biography‚ Prince Henry’ hunger for more knowledge was his motivation. Prince Henry’s desire to know more‚ was normal to have at the time‚ the Renaissance. During this time‚ Europeans started to analyze different points of view‚ of the physical world. Most Europeans‚ in the late 1400s‚ lived like most Africans and most Native Americans‚ they lived in small villages
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Explorer Paper LeeAnne Valentine HIS/458 May 12‚ 2014 Jelena Popov Explorer Paper To My King Charles V‚ I have come to understand that this is a golden time to begin exploring other worlds in search of gold‚ power‚ and create trading routes with the Indies of the West. In doing this‚ I would need to circumnavigate the oceans in search for a Western route to the Indies. Perhaps‚ you are familiar with Prince Henry the Navigator? He has formed a research titled‚ "Primitive Research and Development
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What was God’s purpose in creating the world‚ creating us‚ and creating the space that the world exists in? There is no doubt that God created everything we see around us‚ and even the things we cannot see‚ he created them all. Colossians 1:16 says‚ "For everything‚ absolutely everything‚ above and below‚ visible and invisible...everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him." God also created human beings in his image‚ and sent us out into all the world making disciples of all nations
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animals and calamities of nature but also from their fellow-men. Another reason for man’s travelling far and wide has been his love and curiosity for new knowledge regarding places and people. Thus we had travellers like Marco Polo‚ Columbus‚ Vasco de Gama‚ Hiuen Tsang‚ Fahien and others. Some people travelled for love of adventure. Alexandoij wanted to conquer the whole world. Changez Khan conquered lands for the love of adventure. Some conquerors like Mahmuil Ghaznavi invaded India in the name
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Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures Beginnings of America: • Nearly 12‚000-14‚000 years ago / 9000 BC migrations reached the southern tip of South America / 15th century AD = contact with Europeans -> brought with them diseases (smallpox) ended in: demographic catastrophe‚ weakened societies‚ aided Spanish/ Portuguese exploration America before Columbus: • Adaptation to surroundings = nomadic bands‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ agriculture -> created civilizations • Population: a lot more people
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Discovery of the Route to India After Vasco da Gama left Malindi with his hired navigator‚ his next stop was the Indian subcontinent. He had become the first European to reach India by sea. He arrived a few hundred miles south of present day Goa. Unfortunately his success was also met by a bit of defeat too. The goods that da Gama brought with him where not in demand in India at all. The native peoples of the area were hostile to these outsiders and thus da Gama was forced to return to Portugal with
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An economy or economic system consists of the production‚ distribution or trade‚ and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals‚ businesses‚ organizations‚ or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service‚ commonly expressed in a certain currency. In the past‚ economic activity was theorized to be bounded by natural resources‚ labor‚ and capital
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Islam in the 1600s: Changes in Wealth and Power All three of the major Islamic kingdoms lost power and influence in the spice trade with the onset of European commerce and naval adventurism. We have already seen that the Ottoman Empire began to exploit its control of the lucrative spice trade routes‚ sometimes refusing to trade with Europe and generally increasing the prices of the goods which were allowed to arrive in Europe. Not surprisingly‚ European ships sailing around Africa hurt Ottoman
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