HIST 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mercantilism
29 Sep 2016
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Cattle died easier at low altitudes, but at high altitudes, less things possible to kill them. Grasslands of east=nguni separated into xhosa, and zulu (grasslands) Controlled tons of land east of willow river (aka middle river), had a portion of a gift of his land turned into a mission/kingdom home for africans. Surrounded by catholics, looks east for alliances and trade. Companies=independent largest is british east india co. , collegected taxes for the mugal india, eventually becomes british india. Dutch east india co (voc) and the cape of good hope. Set up refreshment station @ cape of gh, requires great coordination w/ 1st things built=prison, for whites and slaves, known as the castle . Company servants lives ruled by co. and after a time, nobody wants that. Interactions w/ gorachoquas, in 1713, 90% of goras had been killed by smallpox in largest epidemic.
