UGC112 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Current Lecture I Race and its Impact a Seven Main Points for Today II North America III Inner and Middle Passages a What Were the Consequences IV Effects on Asia V Where Was the World s Wealth in 1500 VI Timeline Current Lecture I Race and its Impact Africa North America and the East Indies How many traces do they carry Etc Major effect was in the Americas it was the continent that received the most slaves The most significant economic development came in the western hemisphere East Indies rise of VOC one of the greatest trading companies Seven Main Points for Today Global integration and political systems Empires are diverse complicated and different Transformation in the Americas Slavery and African Societies o Loss of millions of lives economic development was set back significantly Global trade and Asian Dynasties Shift in Center of Power Europe o Southern Europe area around Venice Area called Silk Road taking advantage of trade across Med Economic power shifted to Netherlands Persistence of Racism These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Long standing Economic Gaps Today s Language Exploration Naked Goddess good morning Nanga dev Hindi Comes from a language spoken in Africa and it means Good morning Wolof Senegal Senegal is the western most part of Africa Decar place where slaves were kept before being shipped to Europe and New World This word means House of Slaves Worth visiting if you have opportunity Conclusions we can draw from map silver flow is coming from Europe The silver got to Europe from the Americas and ends up in China China was caught up in some major inflation China needed silver because it was being drawn equally into this All the trade is basically European New Spain Fernando Po Note how colonial possessions have already been marked on the map II North America There were five major colonizers that we can find in the North American area French were the major colonizer The US bought Florida in 1819 That basically leaves the English o The Dutch o Not many Dutch places on the map Brooklyn NY o Grabbed parts of South America Had islands in the West Indies the ABC o The French o Followed two great river systems of eastern and central America St Lawrence outlet for the Great Lakes one of the major avenues for traders to come in The Mississippi o The English o From Maine to Georgia o The Spanish o New Spain includes many states New Mexico California Colorado Montana o Caribbean o Dutch had major three islands o Sugar trade was important III Inner and Middle Passages Inner Passage in Africa itself families were ripped apart just to feed desire for cheapest possible labor Senegal Angola Nigeria Millions more died en route Conditions were horrendous and slavery consumed people o Ocean Trade Both ways Triangular trade sugar rum slaves There was a back and forth trade between Europe and the Americas There was a relative equilibrium o Who traded Countries that had major holdings in the western hemisphere The Spanish enslaved the Amerindians French brought in slaves to the West Indies The British were the big traders of all What Were the Consequences o Deepening of ethnic splits sharpened differences between groups o Wide scale corruption continues today in Africa o Existing political systems collapsed Social Gender of the income gap resulted from slavery Plus slaves were predominantly men The young and healthy were grabbed because they were the ones who could survive The map shows the direction of slave trade Nigeria most populous country in Africa Senegal Note the red arrows that show Africans being taken across the Atlantic into the Arabian Peninsula in to the ottoman empire north Africa etc 5 directions of trade if we count them up IV Effects on Asia Dutch East India Company VOC one of the most successful trading companies ever known Helped Netherlands They became the richest country in the world This was basically because the East Indies now Indonesia was incorporated into the Dutch empire Aims What are the aims of the company Maximize profits Traders were given a lot of latitude Could impose particularly cruel kinds of rule bad news for Indonesia Used to uproot crops etc What was traded Low weight high value items such as nutmeg and other spices Frying drying canning 19th century it started curing smoking pickling preserve in alcohol ways that food was preserved for long periods of time V Where was the world s wealth in 1500 Each country is shown on a standard scale in wealth per person Observations comments on map small country that looks wealthy Japan Another small country that has a lot of wealth Mexico France Belgium Netherlands What might be an area country that has lots of people but is relatively poor Brazil or the Aztec Empire in Mexico Russia Almost all of Africa Nigeria stands out because it has lots of people VI Timeline Timeline carries very important information Political and economic problems in China 1600 1640s English East India Company established 1602 Massive expansion of the Atlantic slave trade 1600 1800 Tokugawa Shogunate founded in Japan 1603 English establish Jamestown colony 1607 Thirty Years War 1618 1648 Dutch seize Melaka from Portuguese 1641 Ming dynasty falls to the Qing 1644