Weekly Reading Reflection

        In the Chapter 14, the reading material is about the economic between empire took place in different place on the earth.

The commerce between European and Asian is took place in 1497, and Vasco da Gama as a marine began his voyage of Portuguese. He had explore India and the west coast of African. New spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, cloves and other herbal had attention of Europeans and cause huge demand of these new products. The empire of Portuguese eventually dominate the west coast of Africa which used to under control by Muslin. Depending on the trading post on west Africa coast and India. Portuguese becomes a huge trading and colony empire in the world.

       The East India companies are a group of company which establish by big powers from Europe, These companies build up there own business and had settlement in India. British East India Company and Dutch India company are two competitors to each on business in Asia. Dutch India Company set up the trade post on Taiwan, and the goal is build up a trade system like Portuguese on India Ocean with China, Japan and Korea. British East India Company had war with the competitors from Dutch and Spain, and unlike the Dutch have monopoly on rich islands, British company focus on the business on the India.

       The Atlantic Slave Trade is a trading activity of slave between America, Europe and Africa during the 16th century to 19th century. The coast area of Atlantic Ocean treat African people as cheap labor and sold to the Europe and colonial district in America. Slaves have been captured by kidnapping or attacking. Slave usually stayed in extremely crowd boat during the transport. Terrible hygienic conditions make part of slaves died before they arrive to destination, and their courses would directly be threw in sea.

       I think as a country growing to larger scale, such trading and communicating to other countries or civilizations is unavoidable for a nation’s expansion. British, Dutch, Spain and more big powers from Europe realized the relevant to have colonial on the civilization which did not grow yet and have more dominant right on the world. However, these countries had sacrificed the culture and labor of other civilizations to growing which could be immorality and inhuman in modern ethical view, but the rudiment of globalization is built up by these commerce between empires.