DEVS 100 Lecture 3: DEVS Week 3 Readings
24 Jun 2017
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European expansion and conquest: after their interactions with muslim intermediaries, the spanish and. In 1415 the portuguese invaded a north african city, ceuta, which was extremely wealthy. They wanted more access to african gold, which was. South of the sahara and into the mediterranean. They (especially hobson and lenin) believe the expansion of the empires was part of the search for new markets; therefore, the some believe capitalism is to blame: another theory combines political and economic factors. It states that the rivalry between the (cid:498)great powers(cid:499) is largely to blame (cid:523)britain, france: a similar theory stated that prestige, nationalism, and (cid:498)greatness(cid:499) was a. They did want to secure areas with natural resources and such, but another motive was to simply keep pace with their neighbours. motive for nearly all european nations, which is why smaller countries, like. Belgium, also had vast african colonies: debates over theories explaining imperialism are ambiguous because of disputes over what those terms even mean.
