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    Changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian ocean region from 650 to 1750 C.E. In the period between 650 C.E. and 1750 C.E.‚ the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. One continuity is simply trade‚ for this 1‚100 years the Indian ocean was an important trading zone. One change in Indian ocean trade over those years was which country dominated trade their. Over those years the Indian ocean was controlled by the Indians‚ the Arabs‚ the Chinese‚ and last but not least the

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    Change Over Time Essay The social and Economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western EuropeAfrica‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750 increased and decreased populations of the Atlantic world due to the slave trade and flourishing economy. Also in the Americas‚ European colonists stopped mining for silver‚ and moved on to agriculture. Due to the new contacts within the Atlantic world‚ economies flourished as new crops and food spread around

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    The Trans-Atlantic Trade System refers to all of the trade done between EuropeAfrica‚ and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean. Sugar‚ slaves‚ and spirits fueled the entire triangular trade. Slaves were exchanged from Africa for rum‚ rum was produced as a byproduct of sugar‚ sugar was grown by slaves in the Americas‚ and Europe developed manufactured goods to aid the production of sugar. All three continents and their exports fit together to form the Trans-Atlantic Trade System. Plantation systems

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    What is The Atlantic World? In order to truly understand what the Atlantic World is‚ one must first be informed of its history. Throughout the course of the time period between the 1500’s and the 1800’s‚ the Atlantic Ocean was used in ways that completely shaped its past. It was no longer to be simply seen as a large body of water‚ but instead as a passageway that connected various groups of people. From European Vikings to fishermen‚ the Ocean was covered with countless clusters of nations whom

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    The social and economic transformations varied between Western EuropeAfrica‚ and the Americas in the Atlantic Ocean between 1492 and 1750. When Spain sent Columbus to get spices from India‚ he landed in the Americas and mistakenly called the people there Indians. New Worlds were being discovered between those three masses and the population was escalating due to the slave trade and booming economy‚ and the industrial production advanced from man-made to machine-made. Western Europe is the sum

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    “The economic recovery of the 1930s can be explained entirely by the effects of the New Deal.” How valid is this view? In 1932 Franklin D Roosevelt won the presidential election as a response to the “Great American Depression” which saw the collapse of the USA’s economic life continuing throughout the 1930s as a result in the inadequate action of Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Henry Hoover to alleviate the sheer hardships that came with the depression. Roosevelt and the Democrats took a more interventionist

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    COLONIAL PERIOD - 1750 Did mercantilism and economic exchange do more to bind or divide GB and Colonies? Mercantilism and economic exchange between Great Britain and the American colonies gradually created a wedge between them. This wedge was not built by just one act‚ but several over many years. These acts would confine and restrict the colonists in many ways and eventually these restrictions‚ paired with the Enlightenment would lead the colonists closer to emancipation from Britain. In

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    Sikhism‚ and Greek rationalism __D__ 2. In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300‚ power was divided among A) lords‚ vassals‚ and serfs. B) princes‚ warriors‚ and farmers. C) the pope‚ royal officials‚ and scholars. D) kings‚ nobles‚ and church leaders. __D__ 3. What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias? A) Fear that Muslims in conquered lands were “going native” and abandoning Islamic teachings B) The imam Ali’s new revelation and elaboration of the teachings

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    What were the factors that led to the contact of West Africa and Europe during the 15th century? The coming of Europe to Africa during the 15th century was not just a mere coincident as it marked the beginning of dominance and power for Europe. The coming of the Europeans to Africa marked the beginning of what could only be described as the exploitation of one country for the development of another. The Age of Exploration or Age of Discovery as it is sometimes called‚ officially began in the

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    Many of the european countries wanted in on the new world especially Spain. They wanted to expand their land and grow in wealth. Spain conquered many places in the new world and called it new Spain. Which included the western half of the US and down towards central america. There were other Spanish settlements down in southern america as well. As a result of their mass presence‚ they were responsible for the fall of both the Aztec empire and the Incan empire. They also wanted more wealth and they

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