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because they traded lots of things example:

tea,jute and cotton from India

cheese and meat from Newzealand

cotton and gold from Canada

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Did the gupta empire grow wealthy through decades of war and conquest?

no they grew welthy off of trade :) hope it helped


Where did the slave trade occur?

The slave trade was a triangle. First finished goods where made in Europe. Then those good were transported to Africa to be traded for tribes prisoners of war. The prisoners are then sent to the Americas to be used to grow raw materials to be shipped to Europe to be made into finished goods. The goods would then to to Africa and the slave trade would begin again. The slave trade is also know as the Triangle trade as the trade followed a triangular pattern.


Where did sugar cane grow best in the old world?

in the old world, sugar cane grows best in Africa. This is because of the slave trade and climates there.


How did the Gupta Empire grow powerful?

Samudra Gupta son of Chandragupta I brought major changes which lead to Gupta empire becoming very powerful.When Samudra Gupta assumed the throne, he then strated to conquere several neighboring kingdoms. Eventually, the Gupta Empire extended across the entire North Indian subcontinent. As he was a great military leader and he was a patron of art and literature and because of him, India entered the Golden age for the first time.The Gupta Empire was also able to become powerful because of trading. The Gupta Empire traded Salt, cloth, and iron with other Empires like China,Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean Sea.


What were the consequences of slave trade in Africa?

In essence, the consequences were that African Americans became imported into the United States. This slave trade also led to the evolution of the United States, and allowed it to grow, while slaves did all the work. This led to a mixture of races eventually, and to the major population of African Americans that exist today. Slave trade also seprerated the north and south, and still can bee seen to this day as more racism may exist in the southern states than up north.