ANTH 2100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Smallpox, Inca Empire, Triangular Trade

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Europe got attached to thriving trade that was going around the world (the silk road) Marco polo - enabled europe to join trade b/w asia and northern africa eg. spices, silks. One was deemed traditional if one wanted to resist change. Fuelled by industrialization where we could make more stuff for a low price and earned profit. Mercantilism where one works for one self. Refers to merchant trade which is a person who trades commodities that were made by someone else in order to gain a profit, which relates a lot to the intro to industrialization. Considered risky- buying stuff that is common and cheap and selling it where it rare and could sell for a higher a price. Caribbean. - plentiful but sold in england for higher price. Manufactured goods were brought to the west coast of africa from england in exchange for slaves.

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