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Something to Think About….

Something to Think About…. IRONY - an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. How does this apply to what you read about the Europeans interactions with the non-Europeans in the Indian Ocean basin?. Indian Ocean Trade Networks.

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Something to Think About….

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  1. Something to Think About…. IRONY - an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. How does this apply to what you read about the Europeans interactions with the non-Europeans in the Indian Ocean basin?

  2. Indian Ocean Trade Networks

  3. Portugal Enters Indian Ocean Trade Network

  4. Unpacking Our DocumentsSCARABS Style! Subject or topic of documentary source Circumstances (time, place, occasion for the creation of the document) A – Author or creator of the document Reason why the document was created (its purpose) Audience the document was intended for Bias or point of view of the creator Significant point the author or creator is making

  5. Unpacking Document Guidelines 1. Main categories (which are essentially derived from the PROMPT/Question: How would you use the documents to analyze the motives, perceptions and reasons for Portuguese domination in the Indian Ocean trade?) 2.POV - which documents lend themselves to a POV analysis? 3. COT (Change Over Time) - Do you notice change and/or continuity throughout the series of documents? 4. Do you notice any cause/effect relationships? 5. What information (document/type of document) would better help you to assess the Question?

  6. Focus: How and why did Portugal come to dominate the Indian Ocean Trade network? CHINA PORTUGAL 1415 – (Portugal) – King Henry the Navigator – Commercial connections and spread Christianity Want all-sea route to Asian Markets – avoid Muslim and Italian intermediaries Slave Trade- build sugar plantations Ships with canons – allowed them to dominate by 1500 1405-1433 (Ming Dynasty) – Zheng He’s Voyages of Exploration – Diplomacy and Prestige 1433 – Voyages Terminated: • Border Issues • Conservative factions fears foreign influences would lead to instability • Possessed a large land empire

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