HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Columbian Exchange, Silk Road, Dogs In Warfare
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Africa - understanding the relationships do not float to latin america the same way. Gold was huge for europeans because it could circulate in their market economy. In the late medieval era, europeans did not have the force to conquer western coastal cities. They needed to create trading posts and raids in order to get what they needed. Portugal was excited to discover a sea route to the east because the silk road was being threatened by the ottoman empire. The trade of african captives illustrated it was extremely profitable, both along the african coast and abroad. Congo - king chose to convert to their religion and send nobles to lisbon. Columbian exchange - transmission of people, plans, and pathogens (and animals) between two different land masses that had been isolated prior and the beginning of exchange between two groups. Christopher columbus - came from a republic near the sea.
