POL215Y1 Lecture Notes - Spice Trade, Indirect Rule, Technological Change
19 Nov 2012
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Dynamic societies migrating influence from religious and cultural aspects advanced technologies, invented gun powder, architecture(angkor wat), engineering. Advanced bureaucratic structures well before colonial times we see thriving societies , dynamic and going through cultural change with advanced technologies. Global relations: global patterns , stretch of religions, such as the mongols stretching out their empire trade networks which brought in influences its not that colonial empires opened up these influence to the world, they were already open. Entry in global markets already existed through trade however the entrance into new and different markets. Which europeans were particularly interested in taking over. Such as the spice route and enhancing the production of spice for eu consumption. Sugar also important, sugar plantations were created through out the region for eu consumption. To establish certain commodities for eu consumption which resulted in the transformation of certain landscapes for sugar, tin, coconuts, etc.
