History, 19.01.2021 22:20 Amholloway13
“The Portuguese now ruled the Indian Ocean. . . . The consequences reached around the world. Much Italian splendor had been based on the wealth of the East pouring through Venice and Genoa. Now the traffic in Asiatic treasure—spices, drugs, gems, and silks—would no longer come through the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Levant, but on Portuguese ships around the Cape of Good Hope to Atlantic-facing Europe. . . .The Egyptian-Venetian trade was destroyed. The wealth of Asia, the fabled treasures of the Orient, were flowing west. The new Age of the Sea moved . . . commerce . . . from the coasts of a finite body, the closed Mediterranean . . . to the shores of the open Atlantic and the boundless world-reaching Oceans.”
—Daniel Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983
According to Boorstin, why did the Portuguese establish control over trade in the Indian Ocean?
What trading powers lost power and wealth because of the new Portuguese trade routes?
How would future international trade be different because of Western European countries developing new trade routes?
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Why are slanted roofs found on many buildings within russia and finland? a. to prevent ice slides. b. to prevent the build-up of water during heavy rains. c. to prevent heat from escaping during the clod winter months. d. to prevent snow build-up.
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