[SOLVED] Discussion III: Contact, Commerce, and Colonization (Chapter 12)
Im working on a History question and need guidance to help me study.
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How did the Ottoman Empire gain power in this era? Explain how they impacted world events.
The Ottoman Empire rose during the 15th and 16th century and took back the trade routes that the Mongols previously disrupted while the world was recovering from the Black Death. The Ottoman Empire had a powerful military force and was the world power at that time because of their strong military and capabilities in the sea. The Ottoman Empire had an advanced sea bearing force consisting of 74 ships, 27 of which were munitions ships loaded with cannons (Page 549). Some examples of significance that an essay would want to include would be how the Ottoman Empire built such a vast military given the rest of the world was recovering from the Black Death, details about the specific conquests in Syria and Egypt in 1516 and 1517, why was Egypt so significant to the Ottoman Empires success, and lastly how they governed and ruled the territory they conquered. The Ottoman Expansion is especially valuable to understanding this era because their vast expansion caused Europeans (Spain and Portugal) to look for alternative routes in the Atlantic to get to Asia so that they could avoid traveling in Islamic territory and this led to the discovery of the New World forever impacting world events.
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The Columbian Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange refers to the fact that when Columbus made his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, the Spaniards and the Amerindians were each exposed to new foods, animals, items, and concepts. For example, the Spaniards brought horses, dogs, pigs, wheat, grapes, sugar, and devastating diseases. And the Amerindians introduced new crops such as potatoes, corn, tomatoes, beans, tobacco, and peanuts. Potatoes and corn became staples in some European diets after this. These exchanges affected their cultures, environments, diets, and sadly the diseases killed 90% of the Amerindian population. (pages 430-432)
