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☆☆☆☆☆Muslims conquered other areas in Africa and cut off Axum from its lucrative trade routes.
Peninsulares
European technology caused China to accept more Western influence.
European slave traders mainly went to the coastal West African modern day nations such as Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Spice Islands
The french and indian war ended in 1763 with the treaty of paris.
It's power was divided
Indian slavery was made illegal during the colonial era.
They had no desire to exchange cultural ideas.
Some reasons why the caravel was a good ship for exploration were that they were agile and easier to navigate, with a tonnage of 50 to 160 tons and 1 to 3 masts, with lateen triangular sails allowing beating.
Being smaller and having a shallow keel, the caravel could sail upriver in shallow coastal waters. With the lateen sails attached, it was highly maneuverable and could sail much nearer the wind, while with the square Atlantic-type sails attached, it was very fast.
Race was important to the class system
Americanborn Spaniards were not as respectable as Spanishborn settlers.
Wealthy traders
The period from 1526 to 1707 is known as Mughal India. Decline of the Mughal Empire started with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707.
The Aztecs thought Cortes was a messenger of their god
