Asia During European Expansion Flashcards
Only what could break into Indian Ocean trade system
Military force
Europeans were mad because Asia was
Already Muslim and already trading
Asian sea trading
3 zones
Arab zones
Raw material
India zone
Cotton textiles
China zone
Paper porcelain and silks
Europeans took 3 crucial trade points
Mouths of Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Straits of Malacca (Dutch)
Who controls Asian trade
No central control
Europeans had a lack of what
Trading goods
Ormuz and Goa
Portuguese factory/fortified trading town; forcible entry into Asian sea trade network
Factories
European trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; assured secure landing places and commerce
Portugal couldn’t sustain what
Monopoly on trade
Asia wanted what from Europe
Silver
Portugal took what that was their downfall
To big of area
Who took over Portuguese trade in Asia
Dutch
Batavia
Dutch fortress on island of Java
English in
India
Dutch had monopoly on what
Spice trade; limited goods; Indonesia
Inland territory to Europeans
Couldn’t conquer