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The Atlantic World 1450 – 1750: How far did the Atlantic World change?
AP World History Richard Smart Oakland Mills High School
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Putting it into context…
The Afro-Eurasian Network Silk Road Indian Ocean Trade Trans-Saharan Trade American Trade Regional Stone Age Meso-American hub Indian Ocean Hub Chinese goods Indian goods Roman/Chinese Arab/European traders
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Trade – the great Catalyst…
The Big Themes… Trade – the great Catalyst…
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The Columbian Exchange
Slide 17 The Columbian Exchange Americas: turkey, pumpkin, corn or maize, chocolate, tomato, tobacco, potato, chili pepper, peanut, pineapple, beans Afroeurasia: citrus, cotton (varieties) coffee, sugar, tea, wheat, yam, banana, rice, millet, sorghum. Plants, animals, and micro-organisms of Afroeurasia were exchanged with those of the Americas across the oceans.
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The Middle Passage – Slavery
Slide 16 Map by Robert Prom Adapted from maps in Philip D. Curtin, The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969) The Middle Passage – Slavery
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Europe Population growth Migrations – America Capitalism Technological development Agriculture Americas European migration Plantations Economic dependence Silver Native depopulation. Slavery Multi-racial societies Commercial Agriculture Africa Migration - Slavery Economic dependence Depopulation Gender imbalance Agriculture
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Any continuities? Slavery had always been a part of the African economy and society. Europe remains ethnically homogenous. Traditional African culture, religion, society did continue. Traditional Native American culture, religion & society did continue.
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