Ryan Gaviola
2/8/16
World History
Reflection
The consequences of the voyages of Colombus, exploration of Europeans, and empires built by European conquerors/ missionaries was that it had a significant power shift, and redefinition of interchange. Eve of Modern Early Period( 1450-1750) was that new areas of world brought into global community( Americas), rate of global trade increase. Relationships between groups changed power structure and it effected Europe which domnated trade. Food was another importat theme in this chapter because thirty percent of the world's comes from Americas which was potato and corn, corn was embraced by Africa and later in Europe, and used new world goods to pay for old world luxury items. Technological advances that helped trade was deep ships able to carry a lot weapons, compass, mapmaking, and explosives adapted to gunnery. During the Columbian exchange native americans were affected with smallpox and measles, fifty to 80 percent casualties over 150 years, wiped out earlier civilizations, and made possible for heavy European colonization. European's had a disadvantage in this period such as indigenous warriors, fear of ottoman empire, lack of gold to fund, and lastly limited the distance of small oar propelled ships.
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