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 We have been discussing how a lot of different
diseases like Smallpox were spread to the Americas
from Europe via the Columbian Exchange. Something
similar has happened recently
Bell Ringer
 What are the similarities between the outbreak of
Smallpox during the Age of Exploration and the
outbreak of Ebola and/or Zika recently?
 What are the differences?
 European countries established profitable
trading posts along the shores of India and
Southeast Asia:
Effects in Asia
 India  spices
 China  porcelain, silk, tea
 The East Indies (small islands off the coast of
mainland Asia)  spices
 Influence of Trading Companies
New Trading
Companies
Emerge
 Portugal
 Built a trading empire in the Indian Ocean
 Portugal’s success brought other European
countries to Asia
 The Netherlands
 Declared independence from Spain in 1581 and
became a leading sea power
 By 1600, Dutch owned largest fleet of ships in the
world
 Established the Dutch East India Trading Company
 Eventually overtook Portuguese control in Asia
 Battled England for #1 trading company in the
world, becoming the wealthiest and most
powerful
 By 1700, the Dutch ruled many of the islands of
South East Asia and had trading posts in many
other Asian countries, as well as southern parts of
Africa
Map of Dutch
East India
Trading
Company
 Influence of Trading Companies
New Trading
Companies
Emerge
(cont’d)
England
By 1700, Britain gained a foothold in
Asia as well
English East India Company was
established and focused on
establishing outposts in India also
African
Kingdoms
African
Kingdoms
Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
Muslim kingdoms
Known for their large abundance of
gold
Began trading with the Europeans
who established trading posts along
the coast of Africa
Helped to establish slave trade
 Started by selling those who refused
to convert to Islam into slavery
 Trade in Africa
Europeans established trading posts along
the coast
Established the Triangular Trade System,
which included the trading of raw materials,
manufactured goods, slaves, and animals.
Effects in
Africa
 How the Triangular Trade System worked…
1. Raw materials and resources (crops,
metals, etc.) would be traded to Europe,
where they would be made into finished
goods (clothes, weapons, etc.).
Triangular
Trade System
 How the Triangular Trade System worked
(cont’d)…
2. These finished goods would be traded to
Africa for animals and, unfortunately,
slaves.
Triangular
Trade System
 How the Triangular Trade System worked
(cont’d)…
3. From Africa, these animals and slaves would
be traded to the Americas for the raw
materials in step #1 and the cycle would
begin all over again.
Triangular
Trade System