CCOT Essay: Social and Economic Transformations During the years of 1492-1750, the Atlantic Ocean was first dormant before Christopher Columbus sailed there in the 15th century C.E. Afterwards, different types of transformations will be occurring for Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas. Including cash crops, needing of slaves for others labor, and the mixing of different cultures occurring at once. The main ones that’ll be mentioned for this essay on transformation is social which is the religion, culture, social classes, education and as well as economic which is jobs, trading foods, slavery, economic systems “mercantilism”. Starting of with Western Europe’s social transformation is goes on to feudalism, which is a social hierarchy.
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North Africa’s economic transformation is their Trans-Saharan trading as the gold and salt was their main income to put expensive taxes on goods. Plus, the ironworking also occurred, but mostly happened in North Africa. Sub-Saharan economic transformations can be the Indian Ocean, which allowed cultures mixing, they also traded with Portugal, and ironworking occurred, too. It’s social transformation is the Bantu migrations from the syncretism with other countries culture and with Islam. Swahili Griots are storytellers that speak the language Swahili that came from Arabic and Bantu. Lastly, North Africa social transformations are slavery that was facilitated by bebers “Arab people” which occurred on the Indian Ocean trade route. One traveler named, “ Ibn Batuta” traveled to different places and described his journey onto a book. Lastly, the Bubonic Plague also occurred in this area just as well as the entire African …show more content…
The discovery of the Atlantic world is what made these countries standing strong or technically worldwide countries. The economic and social transformations both are similar for the connections between the continents neighboring countries or people and the systems used to make each country somewhat equal by trading whatever that needs to be traded. All of these changes to the years of 1492-1750 towards Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Atlantic World made it’s point for their transformations are very
North Africa’s economic transformation is their Trans-Saharan trading as the gold and salt was their main income to put expensive taxes on goods. Plus, the ironworking also occurred, but mostly happened in North Africa. Sub-Saharan economic transformations can be the Indian Ocean, which allowed cultures mixing, they also traded with Portugal, and ironworking occurred, too. It’s social transformation is the Bantu migrations from the syncretism with other countries culture and with Islam. Swahili Griots are storytellers that speak the language Swahili that came from Arabic and Bantu. Lastly, North Africa social transformations are slavery that was facilitated by bebers “Arab people” which occurred on the Indian Ocean trade route. One traveler named, “ Ibn Batuta” traveled to different places and described his journey onto a book. Lastly, the Bubonic Plague also occurred in this area just as well as the entire African …show more content…
The discovery of the Atlantic world is what made these countries standing strong or technically worldwide countries. The economic and social transformations both are similar for the connections between the continents neighboring countries or people and the systems used to make each country somewhat equal by trading whatever that needs to be traded. All of these changes to the years of 1492-1750 towards Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Atlantic World made it’s point for their transformations are very