Portuguese Empire

many intense wars despite this period being a military innovation era in most states in Europe. As such, they did not see any urge to enhance their military innovation. Towards 1480s, all types of the European guns had become better, which saw the Portuguese mariners introducing them to China in the early 1500’s. The increase in warfare in the entirety of East Asia from 1550s further accelerated military innovation. This allowed the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans to master the manufacture of…

civilizations. Furthermore, spreading religion is at the foundation of both Christianity and Islam. This being said, does religion or wealth play a more important role in the rise of empires? To answer this question, we will look at two historical texts about two different groups of peoples. At their prime, both the Spanish and Mali empires were wealthy and powerful. I will be using Bernal Diaz’ accounts of the conquest of the Americas and the epic of Sundiata as evidence to answer the…

People never seem to acknowledge that Asian Empires through the 16th-19th century were very different. Although they did have their commonalities, we can see how Japan, China, and Korea were very different both politically and socially. Asian Empires were more different than similar because of things such as their social mobility and structure of administration. These Asian Empires had many things in different politically but they also had their things in common. For China their methods of…

besides Mariners and merchants to include “Battle-hardened members” (Reinhard, 17, 2011) conquest starts to crystalize. The perfect example of this would be the Spanish and their experience in Haiti. They wanted to copy the early methods of the Portuguese by building a system of bases for the extraction of gold, slaves, and trading goods. When they understood that they must mine the gold themselves they opened the New World for private…

structure their societies very similarly through their military, social structure, and religions. And while these civilizations were great, when their empires fell, their falls were from the same source of problems. These civilizations also had differences through how they first started expanding, how the people they conquered assimilated, what their empire were influenced by, and what happened to China and Rome after their falls. A major similarity between China and Rome was their dependence…

until today. During his reign, Spain reached its Golden Age and was able to have numerous achievements in music, literature, and visual arts. The Spanish kingdom also flourished, gaining territories around the world and getting the nickname of “the empire on which the sun never sets”. Philip II himself went on to become the King of Castile, Aragon, Naples, Sicily, Portugal, Chile, England, Ireland, and other places and gain other kinds of titles. Philip II wasn't exactly popular among many…

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Changes in Empire Time Frames Significantly, the expansion of the empires was motivated by the need to control large swaths of land in the specified colonial areas. For instance, the conflicts that involved the French, Britain, and Spanish kingdoms were regulated by the need to exercise power in the North Americas geographies. As such, the battles contributed to adversities and challenges to the populations that existed in the New World which revolved around food…

The Chinese empire underwent many economic and technological advances between the 8th and 13th century. In the early 15th century, massive fleets sent on expeditions by the Chinese controlled the Indian Ocean and its trade. During that time, the Chinese had the technological innovations, economy, system of bureaucracy and transportation to secure their place as the powerhouse of “the age of sail”. However, it was European powers that dominated the world and entered the Industrial Evolution…

tension between Shi’a and Sunni Islam. They were known for their unifying spirits that influenced part of their control power and encouraged contact with the west affecting European art and literature. The capital Isfahan, like Istanbul signified the empires cultural greatness through architecture, yet the ‘overall flavours’ were beautifully distinct (Bulliet et al., 2015, p.…

with the creation of joint-stock companies—a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders—when John Cabot was granted a Royal Charter by the English government. The North American colonies became not royal colonies like the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, but instead, individual economic ventures supported by joint-stock companies and granted by royal charters. At first, England was fairly behind in the colony-establishing venture, despite being a powerful nation; therefore, they…