POLB90H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indirect Rule, Frantz Fanon, Military Technology
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Week 7 pre-colonial societies and the impact of colonization. Trading empires with complex administrative structures: africa (from 1080 ad, trade between african and china, silver and gold through mozambique, african trade with india and arabia, ivory, minerals from africa to india/arabia, textiles from india/arabia. Trading empires (all had bases for industrialization: katanga (democratic republic of the congo, mexico (aztecs, india (world"s largest exporter of textiles, china. Features of some pre-colonial societies: complex administrative structures had to organize shipping of exports, labour/construction of irrigation networks, staff and competence counted, provision of basic needs stemmed from norms of, sharing and obligation. Why: food european soil becoming increasingly exhausted, trade routes exchange what you have for what you need, bullion gold/silver. 1650 - 1800: british hegemony and the slave trade. Trade: manufactured goods to africa from britain/europe, slaves from africa to the americas, sugar from americas to britain/europe, slaves were commodified.
