MMW 13 Lecture : Notes 11
12 Mar 2014
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Key questions: what geopolitical conditions allowed the portuguese to become a key player in the. Why did they fail: contingent global factors behind portuguese expansion. -a) withdrawal of ming presence in indian ocean network essential: there was a power vacuum in the indian ocean when the portuguese arrived especially gama in 1498. Little reason for them to have strong millitary power, no need for it because of the interdependent trade. as a result: the lack of strong millitary present in this area. Chinese--not with ambition, better understand as network makers or web wavers, waving the web of interconnected trade, but not as monopolies, trying to established colonial. ---i) the lure of gold along the west african coastline it was a profit for portuguese to accrual it was this large profit that ended up finding long expansion. ---i) ottoman conquest of constantinople in mid-15th century spice trade come through these region, ottoman control the region, difficult for.
