The Atlantic World 1450

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The Atlantic World 1450 1750How far did the
Atlantic World change?

• AP World History
• Richard Smart
• Oakland Mills High School

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Putting it into context

• The Afro-Eurasian Network
• Silk Road
• Indian Ocean Trade
• Trans-Saharan Trade

• American Trade
• Regional
• Stone Age
• Meso-American hub

• Indian Ocean Hub
• Chinese goods
• Indian goods
• Roman/Chinese
• Arab/European traders

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Trade the great Catalyst
The Big Themes
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Slide 17
Plants, animals, and micro-organisms of
Afroeurasia were exchanged with those of the
Americas across the oceans.
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Slide 16
The Middle Passage Slavery
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• Europe
• Population growth
• Migrations America
• Capitalism
• Technological development
• Agriculture

• Americas
• European migration
• Plantations
• Economic dependence
• Silver
• Native depopulation.
• Slavery
• Multi-racial societies
• Commercial Agriculture

• Africa
• Migration - Slavery
• Economic dependence
• Depopulation
• Gender imbalance
• Agriculture

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Any continuities?

• Slavery had always been a part of the African
  economy and society.
• Europe remains ethnically homogenous.
• Traditional African culture, religion, society
  did continue.
• Traditional Native American culture, religion
  society did continue.