https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l Use this map to orient yourself to the place names discussed in the reading. en-us 2020-09-22 18:34:42 UTC 2023-01-23 22:05:15 UTC hello@padlet.com mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769600484 The British Empire expanded into Asia in the 1700s and was rivals with the Dutch.]]> 2020-09-22 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769600484 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769616645 People from the Netherlands are called "the Dutch." The Dutch never controlled a lot of territory in Asia, but did set up strategic trading ports that they protected with their Navy. They were rivals with the British and controlled the spice trade before them.]]> 2020-09-22 18:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769616645 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769620934 Major center of production of nutmeg and mace, two valuable spices.]]> 2020-09-22 18:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769620934 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769625906 Not mentioned in the reading, but important to know.  This waterway was the main route to the spice islands where they traded for nutmeg and clove, and thus was very strategic to control.  As the saying went, ""whoever is Lord of Malacca has his hand on the throat of Venice."]]> 2020-09-22 18:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769625906 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769627973 This was the first place in India that Portuguese "explorer" Vasco De Gama landed at in 1498. Many people see it as a symbolic moment, as afterwards European empires became much more powerful in Asia.]]> 2020-09-22 18:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769627973 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769643021 Not mentioned in the reading, European merchants all had to sail around the southern tip of Africa in order to participate in Indian Ocean trade up until the 1800s, when a canal was built in Egypt that provided a shortcut.]]> 2020-09-22 18:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769643021 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769646436 Not mentioned in the reading, after it was built in 1869 it provided a shortcut for Europeans to the Indian Ocean, and they no longer had to sail around Africa or deal with Muslim merchant middlemen.]]> 2020-09-22 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769646436 mhorne10 https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769658758 Not mentioned in the reading, these seasonal winds were how merchants and traders navigated the Indian Ocean.]]> 2020-09-22 18:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mhorne10/tzv8vpcacne6893l/wish/769658758