Europeans Vs Other World: European Vs. Other Worlds

One of the most prominent effects of the cross cultural interaction was the Afro Eurasian Trade Network which helped increase revenue. The trade routes that were part of this network were the Mediterranean Sea Maritime Trade Route, Indian Ocean Maritime Trade Route, Eurasian Silk Road and the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes. The increase in trade resulted in the emergence of major cities such as Timbuktu, Jenne, Mogadishu, Mombasa and other Swahili city states. Another reason for the flourish of trade was the invention of new technologies such as caravans for traveling and the trading of luxury goods such as silk, cotton and porcelain. The dawn of new kingdoms such as Mali, Songhay and Sudan contributed to this effect as well. The spread of Islam resulted in

In letters written by the Manikongo, Nzinga Mbemba Afonso, to the King João III of Portugal, he talks about that the resources coming in through the merchants is what is making the trading successful. He requests the King only send missionaries and not send anymore merchandise.The letter reveals the anger and frustration between the African residents and the merchants. The African residents did not feel like they were being treated right and that they could have been treated a lot fairer then they were at the moment. This problem at the time was the beginning of racism between Europeans and African people. The Europeans felt they were superior to the Africans and thought they could treat them in a bad way because of that. Countries would try

The Portuguese traded with Africa War weapons in order to get gold, ivory, and jewels. They later began getting slaves produced by inter-African warfare. At first the slave trade was controlled by Africans. These Africans were knows as the Bakongo whom welcomed the Portuguese and the

As individual European countries scrambled to gain more territory to add to their Empires, Japan feared the changes that visiting countries brought. When other countries visited Japan with imports to trade they also brought with them a new religion, Christianity. Japanese Emperors feared the chaos that a new religion would bring and decided to shut the rest of the world out. Only the Dutch were allowed to trade with the Japanese as a need remained to be informed of the rest of the world and medical advances.

West Africa has experienced migration, because of the cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups it contains, and because of the minerals, and goods it can produce. Around the ninth century C.E., in the trans- Saharan route, slave trade became popular. These slaves were used by the Arabs for military service, administration, domestic service, and concubinage. Extensive trade in the region led to urbanization, as well as the introduction of Islam. Muslim Berbers contributed to the expansion of Islam, by controlling the trade routes in Africa, and becoming conduits for economic activities, by the tenth century. During the mid-11th century, cities like Gao and Timbuktu had Muslim scholars traveling the routes, because of the intrusion of the Almoravids, and this resulted in turning these cities into hotspots for study and trade. The eleventh century brought the acceptance of the Islamic culture, and led to conversion of the elites, so they can have legal, political, administrative, cultural, and economic benefits. The Islamic culture did not disrupt indigenous African shamanist and animist beliefs, it united ethnic groups, and led to the development of Islamic states throughout Africa. (Africa, 3000 B.C.-A.D. 1500 / West African Trade /

The Europeans began their expansion in the globe by taking up African and Asian colonies. During the 1870s, the world experienced imperialism as the Europeans established empires in Africa and Asia. Their aggressive expansion was as a result of industrialization. The move was made for economic, religious, political, humanitarian, and political reasons, amongst others (Hook and Spanier, p.19). Also, Africa was easy to access due to its geographical position. As a result, the Europeans could get into the continent through the ocean or the Gulf Canal. In addition, the Africans continent had vast lands that were beneficial for the Europeans. They started up companies and farming land that would produce their foods. Additionally, the Africans and

Religion and economics influenced the development of medieval Europe and Japan through Religious pastors, trade routs that went different places, pastors that went on trade expeditions, and leaders that put their own spin on society.

As stated in Document 5, “After those kingdoms collapsed, Muslim rulers still encouraged trade with European businessmen. Commerce with the West benefited both Muslims and Europeans, and it continued to flourish.” Even when the kingdoms collapsed, Muslims still continued trade with the Europeans, and trade then maintained to thrive. This shows how the course of the Crusades helped bring back the prosperous economic relationship between Europe and the Middle East. Also, Document 2 explains how merchants who used their fleets to carry Crusaders ended up using their fleets to set up markets in the East. Merchants took European goods and brought back goods from the Middle East. This illustrates how Western Europe reconnected themselves to a more vast selection of products through the trade during the Crusades. As seen above, the Western Europeans were positively impacted by the Crusades through a more connected trade relationship with the Middle

century in which Europeans embarked on extensive overseas expeditions. European nations, such as Portugal, Spain, England, and the Netherlands, participated heavily in global trade and set up many trade colonies and routes. Many people will say that the European’s only reason for exploration was to spread Christianity, obtain gold, and gain glory through their conquests and acquisition of lands. Some people might also say that the Ottomans heavily influenced the Europeans to participate in this period of exploration. Although the goals of “God, gold, and glory” are often associated with the Age of Exploration, the Ottoman Empire had a greater influence on the desire of European states to establish overseas empires and employ mercantilist economy

The “age of exploration” was caused by the growth of external foreign empires that took control over important trade routes and threatened the European faith. European Christians were under constant attack from the growing power of the Turks. They lost a lot of territories to the muslim faith. The Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire and blocked the European Christians from trading with Asia. This was a big problem for European Christians because their economy relied heavily on taxes from trading.

Teachings of Christianity entered Africa long before the full swing of the slave trade. Christianity first entered the African continent in the early AD, around the first to third century from Israel through Egypt. This “first wave” had minimal effects on the region, and hardly spread into the southern regions. It wasn’t until the “Age of Discovery” (15th to 18th Century) when the Europeans made contact with Africans that Christianity took a hold in Africa. African nations took on Christian Monarchy as leadership, and began converting their populaces. The spread of Christianity in Africa, however, was not a full coverage of the continent. Not only did Christianity experience barriers in conversion due to an already present

First Off, the Islamic and Byzantine empire had many similarities, one of them being the successful trade.With the addition to larger towns along the western coast of Arabia, it became market towns for local, regional, and long-distance trade goods. Not only did the advancement of larger towns create a stronger import for trade goods, by the early 600s AD, trade routes expanded by Arabia running from the extreme south of the peninsula to the Byzantine and Sassanid. (M.8, L.1, P.270) To add on, because of the two major sea-trading networks - Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Muslim Empire could engage in Sea Trade throughout the rest of the world. Overall the location of key trade routes gave the caliph access to trade goods, such as gold and information about the far-flung empire. (M.8, L.2, P.282) Now in the Byzantine Empire, the Crusades played a major role in the development and expansion on trade. With the Crusades traveling to the Holy Land, it increased trade and commerce, as well as give more job opportunities for the women and others left behind. The expanded trade between Europe and Southwest Asia was a result of European merchants who traded in the Crusader states. Overall, the trade between the west benefited both the Christians and Muslims by increasing the trade, shared

Instead of taking and selling people of no importance in his kingdom, the Portuguese were taking noblemen and other respected people as slaves. It was this horrific act that infuriated King Afonso, and his kingdom would have soon be desolate of people if this type of slave trade continued. The disadvantageous effects didn’t stop there with the Portuguese, for they were also sending a lot of civilians over to the Kongo that brought with them disease and sickness. The people of King Afonso’s kingdom had no way of being immune to these illnesses, and according to him this was an enormous disservice to

Slave trade began when African slaves were sent to fill up the labor shortage in the Mediterranean World. However, sugar plantations in the Caribbeans intensified the need for African slaves, which eventually led to competitions for African slave trades. Portugal merchants were the first Europeans to become involved in the African slave-trading network due to an increase in sugar production. During that period, sugar was the center of production in Portugal’s Atlantic island of Madeira. As Europeans and Africans developed a crave on sugar, the demand for sugar increased, which intensified the needs for African slaves. African rulers, benefited and eager for European goods, began to wage wars against other African rulers in order to acquire

What caused the expansion of Europe was the pressure the Europeans were feeling because of the growth of Islam and the Ottoman empire. Europe was becoming more literate as they were emerging from their Dark Age and began reading about the wonders and prosperity of the East. Because of these recordings and tales Europeans wanted to explore and trade directly with Asia, but for hundreds of years the Ottomans had control over all trade routes to the east as they controlled all the land in the eastern Mediterranean. At the time, the only known way of getting to the East was through the Silk Road or from Eastern Africa in the Indian Ocean trade route. Western Europe and its Muslim neighbors were rivals, citing the Crusades as the starting point