Chapter 15 Global Commerce

The trade newtwork is disscused in Chapter 15 which was going on between 1450-1750. Long-distance trade interested the Europeans as the Indian Ocean spice trade occured. Since the Asian were part of the spice trade it drawn attention to the Europeans and they wanted a commercial connection with the Asians.

Chapter 14 Part 2

The last section of this chapter discusses the topics of the Asian and Russian Empire. Russia at the time was know as the largest state. It was located in the middle of Moscow and it became known as the Mongol rule. Since the use of weapons and organization the Russian Empire grew rapidly. The Empire was significantly diverse that it lasted longer amount of time than other empires until its fall in 1991.

Chapter 14

        While reading the chapter I learned that "Columbus Day" actually represent the day he invaded the Native American.  Taking away their heritage and reducing their population.  He was not the first person to discover America. Another thing that I learned is that Hernan Cortez lead a expedition that caused the fall of the Aztecs in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, which is modern day Mexico City.  Also that British Protestants wanted to spread their religious beliefs to the Native Americas.  Again taking away the beliefs and customs of the Native Americans.  The Chapter also emphasis on how the English conquered the Eastern and Northern Cost of America.