1. Unit 5: Regional Civilizations
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2. Ottoman Empire
Exported coffee and ceramics to Europeans

3. Mughal India Location Trade
Centered in Northern India – (Southern India remained largely independent but engaged in international trade)
Trade
European trade-posts set up in Northern (Mughal) India
Indian textiles were in HUGE demand from the British textile industry
Portugal, England, and the Netherlands engaged in fierce competition over control of the Indian ocean and trade-posts along the coast of the Indian subcontinent (This was done by those same trading companies from last unit!)
Southern India traded silks, spices, and gems

4. China Foreign enclaves were created to control trade
Increased European demand for tea, porcelain

5. Japan
Nothing more to see here! Move along.

6. Africa African exports Slaves (think triangular trade!)
Raw materials (ivory, gold)
African imports
Manufactured goods from Europe, Asia, and the Americas
New food products (Ex: corn, peanuts)

7. Mercantilism
An economic practice adopted by European colonial powers in an effort to become self-sufficient
based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country

8. Commercial Revolution
European maritime nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources.
A new economic system emerged:
New money and banking systems were created.
Economic practices such as mercantilism evolved.
Colonial economies were limited by the economic needs of the mother country.