School history blog
Sunday 2 March 2014
Portugal
started(1430)
Portuguese went looking around Africa for gold and a route to the east.
1500
trade post set up in Ghana and became central flow of gold into Ghana.
moved to bigger settlements
Mozambique for gold
Angola for slaves( degradoros)
they also married African women and were very powerful( prazeros) until late 1800s
Atlantic slave trade
they were the first to trade slaves( and colonies)
Brazil biggest market for slaves
Angola biggest supplier of slaves.
Kongo( Congo) 2-3 million
leader Alfonso supplied slaves in exchange for goods and arms.
Impact of slave trade
lasted 400 years- 12 million people
Africa lost young strong men( Ghana, Nigeria and majority Angola)
slave trade
many slave raids, violence , terror and instability
broke up families
basis of racism
Wednesday 26 February 2014
The impact of the Spanish on the Americas
The Spanish had a huge impact of the Americas which includes family and society, loss of history, religion and culture, racism and new cultures, harsh treatment and a drastic decline is indigenous population.
family and society
They disrupted the communities
destroyed their settlements
they broke down the family structure
loss of history religion and culture
monument/books/cities destroyed
they denied their religion and enforced Christianity
European values , culture ,beliefs imposed on Indian people
racism and new cultures
classification of race introduced-(whites, Indians and slaves)
social structure changed new food, culture and music
harsh treatment
legalized slavery
forced labor
mining and sugar plantations
mining- terrible conditions, died from exhaustion and lack of oxygen
drastic decline in Indian population
violence (conflict,war)
major factor disease (smallpox)
they broke down the family structure
loss of history religion and culture
monument/books/cities destroyed
they denied their religion and enforced Christianity
European values , culture ,beliefs imposed on Indian people
racism and new cultures
classification of race introduced-(whites, Indians and slaves)
social structure changed new food, culture and music
harsh treatment
legalized slavery
forced labor
mining and sugar plantations
mining- terrible conditions, died from exhaustion and lack of oxygen
drastic decline in Indian population
violence (conflict,war)
major factor disease (smallpox)
Monday 24 February 2014
The mission (1986)
Summary
The film is set during the Jesuit Reductions, a
program by which Jesuit missionaries set up missions independent of the Spanish
state to teach Christianity to the natives. It tells the story of a Spanish
Jesuit priest, Father Gabriel who enters the South American jungle to build a
mission and convert a community of GuaranĂ Indians to Christianity.
We watched this movie in
class because this movie is directly related to the slave trade. This
movie shows how cruel the slave trade was. The Portuguese (the slavers)
used Christianity in a way to think they were right to put people
into slavery. The movie also shows the Spanish moving away from slavery.
It also mentioned the treaty between the Portuguese and
the Spanish (treaty of Madrid) which the Spanish give land
to the Portuguese and taken the indigenous there
into slavery.
Father Gabriel with the Guarani children
when the Portuguese attacked
the trailer of the mission
Monday 27 January 2014
The Mughal empire (1526-1857)
Origins
The history pf India stretches back
thousands of years over the centuries many different people invaded India such
as the Greeks and the Mongols. They were attracted by fertile land opportunities
for trade and for its resources such as spices, silk and precious stones. The
result of this was a rich mix of people.
Government and society
In 1526 the Mughal leader Babur invaded India.
The Mughals were a Muslim dynasty who originally came from Persia. They conquered
the local sultan and established their capital in Delhi. They remained dependent
on the support of local rulers who were mostly Hindu. The local rulers were
allowed to remain in power as long as they paid their taxed to the Mughal
leader. As a result many landowners and merchants kept their power and wealth.
Women in Mughal India.
In India society men controlled political
and economic power and women would subordinate them.in the Mughal empire wives
and mistresses of nobility were kept out of public sight in separate areas of
the house.in the mogul court women were educated and influence poorer women
works in the farms under weir under control from their husbands.
Travel and trade
Under the Mughals trade increased and
important communities grew which had contacts with china and south east asia.in
the 16TH century ships from Europe started to visit India. Indian mechanist
gained new trade opportuinites.in 1600 English merchants set up the English
east India Company (EIC) to trade in India. The bought cotton goods, silks,
peppers and spices.in return for gold copper and zinc.
The decline of the Mughal Empire
At its height the Mughal Empire controlled
nearly the whole of modern india.in the second half of the 17TH century
it began to decline. Rulers broke up in revolt and Mughal was wreaked by invasions
from Persia and Afghanistan. As there power wreaked the EIC became to setup
forts and were defended by garrisons. People surrounding the asked for
protection and them EIC began to gain authority. Eventually the EIC became to
setup it authority through india.by the 19TH century the EIC with
its army and administrators extended its power through India. The became the dominant
power in India. They introduced new landowners and taxes. They were uprising
but London sent troops to crush them. The births government abolished the EIC
and Indian became a colony of Births Empire.
Sunday 26 January 2014
The Ming dynasty (1368-1944)
Origins
The Ming dynasty ruled China from about 1368
to 1644 CE. For nearly 100 years, China had been ruled by the Mongolian empire.
When a group called the Red Turbans attacked the Mongols in the mid-1300s, it
began a peasant rebellion that overthrew the Mongols. The leader of that
rebellion and the first emperor of the newly established Ming dynasty was Zhu
Yuanzhang.
The Ming
The Ming were absolute rulers .Ming
emperors ruled in the Forbidden City, an imperial palace in Beijing which was
the capital of the Ming and received news through servants and administrators.
They never dealt with normal peasants and never left the Forbidden City. In
order to protect themselves from invasion, the Ming emperors built the Great
Wall of China. It featured watch towers, signal towers, and barracks for
troops. The Ming encouraged study of cultural traditions and provided financial
support for academics and colleges.
Women in Ming china
Women in Ming china were seldom wealthy
properties owners with a small influence. But the majority of women in Ming
china were valued only to have children. Lower class women worked in fields
alongside men. Middle class women worked as weavers. Though upper class women
were often crippled by the foot binding practice at a very young age. Purpose
was to keep their feet small and was seen as female beauty.
China during the Ming dynasty
The economy as a whole experienced growth
and I rise in population in china. They had about one quarter of the world’s
population during the Ming dynasty. They were a very advanced society for
example they invented printing, paper and gunpowder centuries before the
Europeans did.
Trade
The Chinese sent their silks, porcelain and
tea to western Asia and Europe via the Silk Road. They also traded by sea to
japan and countries around the Indian Ocean. Under the Ming many ships were
built. The emperor sent many trade fleets to explore the Indian Ocean and the
voyages were led by admiral Zheng.
The decline
China began looking inwards after 1433.
When the Dutch attacked Chinese ships raided the south east coast the chine
navy defeated them and they retreated to Taiwan. There were threats from the Mongols
and also the Manchu. China became distrustful of strangers and became inward
looking and concentrated on becoming strong and self-sufficient. The Ming
Empire slowly went in decline and was weakened by power struggles between court
officials.
Coming to the end
The growing power of the Jurchen and Manchu
nomadic tribes in the northwest threatened the Ming, however peasant uprisings
in the northwest kept the army busy in that area. In the 1590s Japan invaded
Korea which brought Chinese armies into Manchu territory. Though they pushed
back Japan, their armies were weakened and allowed the Manchu tribes to conquer
Korea. The Manchu tribes then waged war with China. The cost of war could not
be paid because the peasant taxpayers were still in revolt. The final Ming
emperor hanged himself in 1644 in his temple surrounded by rebels and allowing
the invaders to establish the Qing dynasty.
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