Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
In 1441, slaves trade from Africa to Europe started.
Peasants provided European leaders with enough labor.
During the early 1400s, the spice trade was primarily controlled by Arab and Venetian traders. They monopolized the routes and distribution networks, bringing spices from the East, particularly from regions like India and the Spice Islands, to European markets. This dominance continued until the rise of Portuguese exploration in the late 15th century, which eventually shifted control over the spice trade.
Asia and Europe was the trade.
Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
At the time Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa and reached India, the Arabs controlled trade between India and Europe.
they controlled the salt and gold trade
The Dutch took control of the spice trade from the Portugese in the fifteenth century.
In 1441, slaves trade from Africa to Europe started.
Constantinople, or before that, Byzantium.
controlled trade routes between asia and europe -apex
Peasants provided European leaders with enough labor.
Europe really did not trading in Medieval times, at least in the West. This is because this was the time of the Dark Ages, when Europe was cut off from the rest of the world after the fall of the Roman Empire.
In the 1400s, europe's population was growing, and so was the demand for trade. This encouraged more people to start traviling