Changes That Occured in Africa and the Americas Between 1450 and 1750

Explain how the globalization of commerce brought about major changes overtime among the people of 2 of the regions listed: Eurasia, Africa, and Americas. Between 1450 and 1750, note major developments, exchanges, shifts of power, demographic changes. Through out time, different civilizations undergo changes as they mature and grow. America and Africa were regions where changes aroused, and these changes can be explained by the globalization of commerce of the world. These changes can be for the better or for the worse, but they ultimately lead to innovation and new ideas. Demographic changes occurred in America, which dramatically altered population amounts. Power in Africa and the Americas shifted from indigenous people to being controlled by separate colonizing countries. Culture also altered in both America and Africa from region to region as people spread different ideas and messages. Between 1450 and 1750, major developments occurred due to the globalization of commerce including demographic, power, and cultural changes in America and Africa. Demographic changes include the statistics that characterize human population. Between 1500 and 1750 there was a tremendous expansion of commercial, cultural, and biological changes around the world. One of the most excessive changes in population took place in the Americas. For much of the earlier centuries, this continent was secluded. In the fifteen hundreds, this all changed, and Europeans began colonize and settle. As of a result, new world diseases were introduce to this old world society. The indigenous people of the Americas lacked immunity to these diseases and hundreds of thousands of people died. One of the most deadly of these diseases was smallpox. In 1521, the indigenous population of the Maya dramatically fell, and 75% of the Mayan population disappeared. In Africa, a similar pattern can be observed. When the Europeans began to explore Africa, they found not only sugar a