chapter 14 part one

Michelle Curran
1-16-18
Part one of chapter 14 
Economic transformations regarding commerce and conquest in the time of 1450-1750. This chapter starts off with explaining the life in Africa. More specifically the explanation of slaves. on page 601 Strayer states "the Atlantic slave trade reminds us of the enormous significance of this commerce in human beings for the early modern world and of its continuing echoes even in the twenty-first century"(601). 

This chapter has a lot to do with trade and commerce. It talks about trades for Asian silver, spices, slaves, Chinese silk, Indian cotton, rhubarb for medical purposes, emeralds, rubies, and sapphire. this section states that there were new relationships with countries forming. They did not necessarily get along but they worked together to get the things they needed/ wanted. They needed each other for commerce.

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