POLS 2080 Chapter 2: Chapter Two Summary
29 Dec 2013
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As the exploration of asia developed there began to be more travel between the two spheres of the world (being. Spain and portugal had only been established after christians seized the iberian peninsula from the muslim occupants (13th century: this spurred portugal to explore northern africa where they found ceuta the flower of all other cities of. Africa : ceuta had mass wealth because they could access many different trade routes for precious metals below the. Sahara in the northern mediterranean: the expansion was therefore one of political, religious, and economic motives. When spain and portugal went to the americas the other european countries quickly followed they still maintained their colonies in africa and asia. It was harder to hold land in the americas they would gain it and quickly lose it. However their land in africa and asia only flourished and their investments there prospered and grew.
