IDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fiscal-Military State, Chartered Company, Outlast
25 Dec 2012
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The interactions between the global north and south to exchange goods, ideas, people had been taking place through intermediaries, with merchants and traders, however this movement became routine in the fifteenth century with the age of exploration . The motives for expansion were born out of a competitive tension of muslim neighbours with. Southern europe and from the economic desire of europeans for more direct access to goods; the. Portuguese and spanish kingdoms had been established following the military reconquest of a territory. Christian rulers seized from muslim occupants and led to the discovery of the great wealth in africa. Arguable motives for burst of conquest and occupation towards end of nineteenth century: The expansion of european empires was undertaken as part of a search for new markets, economic returns in europe were dwindling and industrial capitalism had to search abroad for new investment opportunities and consumers.
