African trade

THE ATLANTIC WORLD

The Atlantic World is made up of four (4) countries being brought together in a system. These countries are North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean Countries. These countries had something in common, THE ATLANTIC OCEAN being central. Hence was the creation of the Atlantic World System, linkages taking place over the Atlantic, the Linking of the Old World, and the New World System.

ATLANTIC LINKS

1. Crops/foods
2. Colonists
3. Animals
4. Disease
5. Plants (“weeds”)
6. Slaves

FORCES IN THE CREATION OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD

1. Long Distance Trade: Economic Force responsible for evolution. Commodities coming from far off places, exotic lands, example African slave trade, gold, silver, silks and spices.

2. Religion: Islam and Christianity, both struggling for the hearts and minds of men and women, seeking to make profit. These forces drive a lot of developments in the Atlantic World. Muslims were domi...