MMW 13 Lecture 16: Atlantic Encounters
23 May 2018
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How did long-distance oceanic exploration spread Mediterranean and Iberian
colonization models beyond Afro-Eurasia?
Colonialism
The control of one state or territory by another
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Enrichment of the metropole at the expense of the colony
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Exploitation of the colony's peoples and resources solely for benefit of
metropole
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Little to no development of the colonial state - infrastructure, institutions,
economic systems
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African Atlantic interactions
Kingdom of Kongo-
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Mbanza Kongo
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African Atlantic interactions
Contact Kongo-Portugal 1483
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Convert Christianity
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Nzinga a Nkuwu - converts
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Elites - travel Europe
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Supply large number of slaves for Portuguese trade
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Protect native "Kongolese"
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Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabel 1469
Consolidation of two kingdoms
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Reconquest peninsula
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Granada
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Iberian Atlantic Expansion
Conquest Canary islands 1478-1496
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Guanches
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Resist
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Weakened
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By disease
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Subjugated -exile, enslaved
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Treaty of alcacovas 1479
Official European dominion
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Atlantic zones of influence
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Spain restricted from Portuguese territories
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Spain restricted to Canaries
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Fall of Granada
Eight month siege - Boabdill
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Canon and other artillery
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Ottoman/mamluk wars
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No external aid
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End of Convivencia (peaceful coexistence)
Spirit of toleration gradually eroded - Muslims/Jews gradually lose rights under
Christian kings
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Jews expelled - must leave by July 31, 1392
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Muslims forced convert to Christianity 1502
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Columbus 1451-1506
Maritime experience
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Mediterranean
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Lisbon
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Iceland
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African coast
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Connections - noble marriage
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Iberian Reconquest Model
Full conquest of an area
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Permanent rule
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Substantial immigration
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Sustained and intimate contact with local population
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Imposition of Christianity
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Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean
Ethnic diversity - Taino, Carib
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Islands densely populated -1492
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Colonization of Hispaniola
Romanticizes and demonizes
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Tries to establish fort
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Fort system at odds with Spanish settlers
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1502 Cantino Map
Lec16 Atlantic Encounters
Friday, May 11, 2018
11:05 AM
