HISTORY 2HH3 Lecture 2: Trade Part I
26 Sep 2020
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Trading worlds themes: lecture 2 part i, 1. Competition over the spice trade (15th c. : lecture 2 part ii, 1. Early modern trading networks and middlemen: 2. Mediterranean more generally: shipwrecks were common occurrences for people that lived on the water"s edge, studied the sea so that they could use the sea effectively. 3: ancient artery extending into mediterranean that remained extremely important, ancient china modern-day afghanistan (samarkand) into mediterranean throughout the early modern period, samarkand was halfway between mediterranean and china. 4: 1135 multiple smaller kingdoms in the levant, increasing trade, laying foundation for early modern period, trade continues to intensify over 13th and 14th c. , even after collapse of the. Kingdom of jerusalem: new group of trading partners in western europe that still want eastern groups. Great trading powers of eastern mediterranean: 1460 two massively important empires have emerged, 1.
