Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
Before the 1400s, trade between Europe and Africa was primarily focused on goods like gold, ivory, and slaves, with established routes across the Mediterranean and the Sahara. This trade was largely conducted by intermediaries and was limited in scale. However, between the 1400s and the 1800s, the rise of European maritime exploration led to direct trade routes, the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade, and an increase in the importation of African goods like sugar, tobacco, and later, raw materials. This shift transformed the economic relationships and dynamics between the two continents, leading to more extensive and exploitative interactions.
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.
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.
Before the 1400s, trade between Europe and Africa was primarily focused on goods like gold, ivory, and slaves, with established routes across the Mediterranean and the Sahara. This trade was largely conducted by intermediaries and was limited in scale. However, between the 1400s and the 1800s, the rise of European maritime exploration led to direct trade routes, the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade, and an increase in the importation of African goods like sugar, tobacco, and later, raw materials. This shift transformed the economic relationships and dynamics between the two continents, leading to more extensive and exploitative interactions.
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.
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.