history of subcontinent in early 17th century
the minerals , raw materials and spices
Lack of a unified political system, easy availability of cheap labour and vast areas full of untapped resources like gold, diamonds, cotton, spices and the like attracted European traders to the subcontinent in the late 16th and early 17th century.
Brazil
Portuguese traders accounted for 95% of the slave trade in the fifteenth century.
what shiny items purchased from european traders
what shiny items purchased from european traders
How did prince Henry voyage show the European traders
European traders arrived in Southwest Asia around the first century after the birth of Jesus Christ. The Crusades would later make it difficult to trade with the Arabs and Europeans began to look for routes other than land routes.
Traders bought enslaved people from Africa.
The British, Portuguse, and the Dutch during the 17th century.
The Greeks
European slave traders come to West Africa because they were free as others.