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Chapter 6• Charles V’s son Phillip

succeeded him and was able to acquire a claim to the kingdom of Portugal and its vast overseas empire.

• A petition was drawn up on a conquest to China but nothing came of this as the Italian Jesuit sinologist Matteo Ricci poured much scorn on it.

• However, the Spanish Empire was so large that it was extremely hard to keep all of it in one piece.

• The overseas Empire was dominated by foreign ships that carried the products largely to the benefit of foreign merchants.

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Chapter 7• Very quickly, the Europeans

had gained control of a large chunk of America and also small pieces of Asia and Africa.

• Much of this was made possible due to the advancement in technology including new navigational techniques that created ships that were faster and more effective.

• The Europeans continued the expansion of their Empire with these new technological tools.

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Chapter 8• Since their beginning, all overseas European Empires were powered by

slavery• Every empire in history participated in the ownership of slaves up until the

nineteenth-century.• Slaves came from all over the Greek and Roman worlds, some even

occupying positions with considerable responsibility.• Slaves were employed as tutors, household administrators, warriors,

secretaries, etc.


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