Portuguese Empire

the Western Sahara. They soon came into conflict with Ghana. The details of the conflict are hazy. Some Arab sources claim that Koumbi Saleh, Ghana’s capital, was attacked. But archaeological evidence does not support this. In any case, the Ghana Empire managed to fight off the Almoravids, who went into decline in the next century. In the twelfth century, Ghana began including more Muslims in its government. These included diplomats and the master of the treasury. By the end of the 1100s, all…

European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. They had an enormous advantage with their ability to control sea routes which led to the discovery of the American continent. By the early 17th century, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were all fighting for colonies and trades around the world. Explorers, conquerors, missionaries, merchants, and adventurers looked to claim new lands to colonize. Competition for land…

Ancient Rome was one of the most impressive empires of all time. Ancient Rome reigned for over 500 years, starting from 27 BC and ending around 400 AD. In that time, through trade, the ancient Romans gained new ideas and experiences from other cultures. As a result, they came up with new inventions. Ancient Rome left a mark on the modern world today. Two of Rome’s famed and longest lasting legacies are language, including many of the Latin root words in Romance languages, and in engineering…

In the Napoleonic Era, life in Europe was drastically different. Revolution in France sparked the rebellious spirit deep within the people of many nations. Under the Emperor’s, Napoleon Bonaparte, control France behaved as a new nation. At its peak she nearly dominated the entirety of the continent, and even stretched her influence into other parts of the world. However, she did have one rival that did not submit as easily as the rest, Britain. In an attempt to break Britain, Napoleon…

globe in term of economic, social, political and cultural changes. The integration between different nations led to the European imperialism in the Islamic world(Egger, 315). As the Ottoman Empire was getting weaker the Europeans took advantage of the ottoman territory because they surpassed the Ottoman Empire in term of military and economic might(PowerPoint). With regards to this European almost took over the entire Muslim world. The European use four different forms of imperialism which are…

The connection between the early expansion of the British Empire (1495-1783) and exploration and discovery is not always clear. This is because typically discovery and exploration is thought to be a Portuguese and Spanish affair and England had not been concerned with exploration and expansion outside of Europe, until they were kicked out of mainland Europe, which changed their priorities. In this essay, I aim to outline three ways exploration and discovery affected British expansion and how…

It boosted power because of relations with other countries outside of Europe and territories owned. Spanish conquistadors commenced colonial expansion under control of the Spanish Empire. Colonial expansion was mainly motivated by trade and the spread of Christian faith through the change of the indigenous groups that occupied the New World. To most Spaniards, New Spain was considered one of the greatest achievements and milestones…

The Atlantic Slave Trade was an extensive system of chattel slavery that dealt exclusively in the trade of black Africans. Chattel slavery is markedly different from other forms of servitude as it involved the actual ownership, in law, of one human over another - as opposed to punitive slavery which used convicted criminals as a source of free labour. It is important to remember, when talking about the Atlantic Slave Trade, that slavery was not a new invention and that slaves were to be found…

Setting the Stage The Dutch Empire ahttp://img09.deviantart.net/8fb0/i/2009/122/2/8/netherlands_grunge_flag_by_think0.jpgnd the British Empire were very similar since the government took over from a company of their nation for the colonisation of another country. The Dutch East India Com pany first “colonised” the Indonesian archipelago, and then after 1799, The Dutch government took over the Dutch East India Company and “modified the company’s loose control of Java and gradually built a…

Richard Hakluyt was a prominent lawyer who wrote about the numerous possibilities of British expansion across the Atlantic. Hakluyt believed colonization would reap massive benefits for England including religious, political, economic, and strategic advances. Stressing the importance of colonization, Hakluyt argued it is best to establish peaceful relations with Americas’ native populations in hopes that they would also benefit from British settlement and the commerce they would bring to the…