Indian Ocean Trade
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Indian Ocean Trade
Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s
The Indian Ocean, considered the third largest ocean, is located between Australia and Antarctica. This Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East, East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. The Ocean is essential because of its location. The location helps to boast the production of trade global around the world. It is rich with resources such as natural oil and marine life. The ships that travel the ocean contain over half the world’s international trade cargo and shipment. The trade system is the way of life for people all over the world. It is the way we operated day to day activity.
The trade system was just getting started in the 1500s. In the early 1500s, it was said that voyages of exploration taught the European mariners how to sail around the world and return home safely. The European mariners were determined to learn how to sail around the world, in order to take over the trade system. Once the mariners started to sail they started building trading post around the Eastern region. When the posts were in place they attempted the commercial spice trade with little success, this last for many centuries.
The Portuguese built on the earliest trade post of all the empires. They started the empire with a goal. The goal was not to conquer all of the trade routes but to force the merchants to fortified their trade sites and pay duties at the sites. By the mid-sixteenth century, the Portuguese had more than fifty trading posts in West Africa and East Asia.
On the lands of Vasco da Gama is where the Portuguese started trading slaves in West Africa. The slave trade was of the more important trade systems. The Indian Ocean was one of the oceans that slaves were shipped from; it was also a part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Most of the slaves were
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Indian Ocean Trade
Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s
The Indian Ocean, considered the third largest ocean, is located between Australia and Antarctica. This Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East, East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. The Ocean is essential because of its location. The location helps to boast the production of trade global around the world. It is rich with resources such as natural oil and marine life. The ships that travel the ocean contain over half the world’s international trade cargo and shipment. The trade system is the way of life for people all over the world. It is the way we operated day to day activity.
The trade system was just getting started in the 1500s. In the early 1500s, it was said that voyages of exploration taught the European mariners how to sail around the world and return home safely. The European mariners were determined to learn how to sail around the world, in order to take over the trade system. Once the mariners started to sail they started building trading post around the Eastern region. When the posts were in place they attempted the commercial spice trade with little success, this last for many centuries.
The Portuguese built on the earliest trade post of all the empires. They started the empire with a goal. The goal was not to conquer all of the trade routes but to force the merchants to fortified their trade sites and pay duties at the sites. By the mid-sixteenth century, the Portuguese had more than fifty trading posts in West Africa and East Asia.
On the lands of Vasco da Gama is where the Portuguese started trading slaves in West Africa. The slave trade was of the more important trade systems. The Indian Ocean was one of the oceans that slaves were shipped from; it was also a part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Most of the slaves were
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