1440s--First european export of slaves from west africa
1492--Columbus reaches the americas
1497--Vasco de Gama reaches southern Asia
1546--Founding of potosi as a silver mining town in Bolivia
1565--Spanish takeover of the philippines begins
1570s--Beginning of silver shipments from the New world to Asia
1601--Dutch and British East India companies established in Asia
1700s--Peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
VOCAB
Potosi-Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal 4,090 metres For centuries, it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint.
Vasco de Gama--Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route.
Soft Gold--IDK(the only thing that i found online was some modern jewelry...)
African Diaspora--The African diaspora refers to the communities throughout the world that are descended from the historic movement of peoples from Africa, predominantly to the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, among other areas around the globe.
Monoploly--a board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrow circa 1935
Lol jk(real defenition)--the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.(imagine the people who have to erase it now because they weren't paying attention)
Sugarcane--a perennial tropical grass with tall stout jointed stems from which sugar is extracted. The fibrous residue can be used as fuel, in fiberboard, and for a number of other purposes.
Silverdrain--Term often used, along with "Specie Drain", to describe the siphoning of money from Europe to pay for the luxury products of the East.
Shogun--a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
East India Companies--The East India Company ,also known as the Honourable East India Company and informally as John Company,was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to pursue trade with the East Indies, but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China.
The “Little Ice Age”--The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period (Medieval Climate Optimum). While it was not a true ice age, the term was introduced into the scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939.
1492--Columbus reaches the americas
1497--Vasco de Gama reaches southern Asia
1546--Founding of potosi as a silver mining town in Bolivia
1565--Spanish takeover of the philippines begins
1570s--Beginning of silver shipments from the New world to Asia
1601--Dutch and British East India companies established in Asia
1700s--Peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
VOCAB
Potosi-Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal 4,090 metres For centuries, it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint.
Vasco de Gama--Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route.
Soft Gold--IDK(the only thing that i found online was some modern jewelry...)
African Diaspora--The African diaspora refers to the communities throughout the world that are descended from the historic movement of peoples from Africa, predominantly to the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, among other areas around the globe.
Monoploly--a board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrow circa 1935
Lol jk(real defenition)--the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.(imagine the people who have to erase it now because they weren't paying attention)
Sugarcane--a perennial tropical grass with tall stout jointed stems from which sugar is extracted. The fibrous residue can be used as fuel, in fiberboard, and for a number of other purposes.
Silverdrain--Term often used, along with "Specie Drain", to describe the siphoning of money from Europe to pay for the luxury products of the East.
Shogun--a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
East India Companies--The East India Company ,also known as the Honourable East India Company and informally as John Company,was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to pursue trade with the East Indies, but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China.
The “Little Ice Age”--The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period (Medieval Climate Optimum). While it was not a true ice age, the term was introduced into the scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939.
I. Europeans and Asian Commerce
A. A Portuguese Empire of Commerce
1. Economic weaknesses but military strengths
2. Mombasa, Hormuz, Goa, Malacca, and Macao
3. “Trading post empire” and cartaz pass system
4. Entry into Asian trade
5. Decline after 1600
B. Spain and the Philippines
1. Lure of the Spice Islands
2. Magellan’s voyage (1519–1521)
3. Spanish rule (1565–1898)
4. Mindanao and Islam as an ideology of resistance
5. Manila and the Chinese
C. The East India Companies
1. Organized monopolies that could make war
2. Dutch seizure of the Spice Islands and Taiwan
3. British work with Mughals in India in textile trade
4. “Carrying trade” and bulk commodities
D. Asians and Asian Commerce
1. Limited European impact in Asia
2. Japan initially open but Tokugawa Shogun closed
3. Active Asians: Chinese, Southeast Asian women, Armenians, and Indians
II. Silver and Global Commerce
A. Discovery of Bolivian and Japanese silver deposits
B. Spanish American silver to Manila and then China
C. Chinese taxes paid in silver
D. Potosí
E. Rise and fall of Spanish economy
F. “General crisis” of the seventeenth century
G. Japan’s silver management
H. Commercialization, specialization, and deforestation in China
I. China and India out-produce Europe
III. The “World Hunt”: Fur in Global Commerce
A. North American and Siberian fur sources
B. European population growth and “Little Ice Age”
C. European goods traded for American furs
D. Impact on Native American societies
E. Siberian furs to Europe, China, and the Ottomans
F. Impact on Siberians
IV. Commerce in People: The Atlantic Slave Trade
A. The Slave Trade in Context
1. Varieties of slaveries before 1500
2. Uniqueness of slavery in the Americas
3. Sugar and other plantation crops: tobacco and cotton
4. Why Africans?
B. The Slave Trade in Practice
1. African slave traders
2. European and Indian goods to African consumers
3. Where did the slaves come from?
C. Consequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa
1. Negative demographic and economic impact
2. Corrupting effect
3. Rising labor demands on women and polygamy
4. New opportunities for women
5. Options and choices for African states
V. Reflections: Economic Globalization—Then and Now
A. Similarities with the past but our lives are different
B. How old is globalization?
C. What is different about globalization today?
D. Globalization tied to empire and slavery
A. A Portuguese Empire of Commerce
1. Economic weaknesses but military strengths
2. Mombasa, Hormuz, Goa, Malacca, and Macao
3. “Trading post empire” and cartaz pass system
4. Entry into Asian trade
5. Decline after 1600
B. Spain and the Philippines
1. Lure of the Spice Islands
2. Magellan’s voyage (1519–1521)
3. Spanish rule (1565–1898)
4. Mindanao and Islam as an ideology of resistance
5. Manila and the Chinese
C. The East India Companies
1. Organized monopolies that could make war
2. Dutch seizure of the Spice Islands and Taiwan
3. British work with Mughals in India in textile trade
4. “Carrying trade” and bulk commodities
D. Asians and Asian Commerce
1. Limited European impact in Asia
2. Japan initially open but Tokugawa Shogun closed
3. Active Asians: Chinese, Southeast Asian women, Armenians, and Indians
II. Silver and Global Commerce
A. Discovery of Bolivian and Japanese silver deposits
B. Spanish American silver to Manila and then China
C. Chinese taxes paid in silver
D. Potosí
E. Rise and fall of Spanish economy
F. “General crisis” of the seventeenth century
G. Japan’s silver management
H. Commercialization, specialization, and deforestation in China
I. China and India out-produce Europe
III. The “World Hunt”: Fur in Global Commerce
A. North American and Siberian fur sources
B. European population growth and “Little Ice Age”
C. European goods traded for American furs
D. Impact on Native American societies
E. Siberian furs to Europe, China, and the Ottomans
F. Impact on Siberians
IV. Commerce in People: The Atlantic Slave Trade
A. The Slave Trade in Context
1. Varieties of slaveries before 1500
2. Uniqueness of slavery in the Americas
3. Sugar and other plantation crops: tobacco and cotton
4. Why Africans?
B. The Slave Trade in Practice
1. African slave traders
2. European and Indian goods to African consumers
3. Where did the slaves come from?
C. Consequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa
1. Negative demographic and economic impact
2. Corrupting effect
3. Rising labor demands on women and polygamy
4. New opportunities for women
5. Options and choices for African states
V. Reflections: Economic Globalization—Then and Now
A. Similarities with the past but our lives are different
B. How old is globalization?
C. What is different about globalization today?
D. Globalization tied to empire and slavery