1. European Exploration and Conquests
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2. World Contacts Before Columbus 444-448
Why was the Indian Ocean the center of world trade?

3. World Contacts Before Columbus 444-448
How did Africa fit into the trading system?

4. World Contacts Before Columbus 444-448
How did the Ottomans and Persians change the nature of global trade?

5. World Contacts Before Columbus 444-448
How did the Venetians and Genoese develop their trading systems?

6. World Contacts Before Columbus
What was the Afro-Eurasian trading world before Columbus?

7. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
What motivated Europeans to risk dangerous voyages?

8. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
How did new technology make trade possible?

9. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
How did Portugal take the early lead?

10. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
Why is Columbus the most controversial figure from the Age of Exploration?

11. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
How did the race for overseas empires commence?

12. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
How did Spain gain strength from the New World?

13. European Voyages of Discovery 448-461
How did the English and French begin to compete with the Spanish in the New World?

14. European Voyages of Discovery
How and why did Europeans undertake ambitious voyages of expansion?

15. Impact of Conquest
How did the Iberians govern their new territories?

16. Impact of Conquest
What impact did the Iberian system have on the indigenous peoples?

17. Impact of Conquest
How did colonization affect marriage and family in the New World?

18. Impact of Conquest
Why was the Columbian Exchange the most important event of the Age of Exploration?

19. Impact of Conquest
What was the impact of European conquest on the peoples and ecologies of the New World?

20. Europe and the World After Columbus 464-472
How did slavery evolve and why was it connected to sugar?

21. Europe and the World After Columbus 464-472
Why was silver both a blessing and a curse?

22. Europe and the World After Columbus 464-472
How did a new, European dominated, global economy develop?

23. Europe and the World After Columbus
How was the era of global contact shaped by new commodities, commercial empires, and forced migrations?

24. Changing Attitudes and Beliefs 472-475
How did exploration change the concept of race?

25. Changing Attitudes and Beliefs 472-475
How did Montaigne develop skepticism to challenge the European outlook?

26. Changing Attitudes and Beliefs 472-475
Why is Shakespeare a reflection of many of the new trends influencing Europe?

27. Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
How did new ideas about race and the works of Montaigne and Shakespeare reflect the encounter with new peoples and places?

28. European Exploration and Conquests
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Why could it be argued that Exploration was more crucial to the advancement of Europe than either the Renaissance or Reformation?