"The trade of slaves is in a more peculiar manner the business of kings, rich men, and prime merchants, exclusive of the inferior sort of Blacks.... It proves that slavery was a high commodity and there were powers, involving kings, merchants, and even production empires in Africa contributing to it. ... Inspection was an important process in slavery, "when the Europeans are to receive them, every part of every one of them, men and women being all stark naked.... There was also different categories slaves fell under, like household slavery categorized women, and agriculture productio...

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European recruitment often came in the form of slave raiding; this system snatched men away from their families all over the continent Africa. ... Colonial rule was enforced by armies that were equipped with machines guns and cannons, which succeeded in overpowering native rebellions because the men were only outfitted with muskets, spears, and other outdated weapons. ... Imperialism in Africa sought to remove native kings and rulers and replace with compliant rulers. ... Supposedly it was the obligatory burden of white men to civilize the people who are "primitive" and enforce order and la...

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On his first voyage, in 1405-1407, he commanded twenty-eight thousand men on 317 ships, many of them large 'treasure ships' 400 feet long and 160 feet wide. ... With the mandate to collect tribute and establish relations with different societies, Zheng He negotiated commercial agreements, fought pirates, installed puppet kings, and brought back riches to the Yongle Emperor in the form of exotic animals, medical herbs, jewels, and among other items. ... Meanwhile, Zheng He had little place in Ming society for a private or an independent entrepreneur, trade was seen as a government m...

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When one imagines the trans-Atlantic slave trade, it is easy to see the typical vision of European men probing the wilds of Africa for selections of potential slaves. ... History often likes to portray all Africans of this time period as helpless victims when in actuality come of them were just as, if not more, ruthless in the slave trade than their European counterparts. ... The image of European men delving deep into the interior of Africa to capture slaves is simply not true. Many European men chasing after slaves were too terrified of foreign illnesses that lurked deep in the African jungl...

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All history is a current event." ... This is the technique used to map when all the living things die. Due to the fact that all living things contain carbon. ... Basically all the components needed for the development of a rich and vast civilisation. For any civilisation as massive and prosperous as Egypt would grow, there becomes a need for a complex and intricate hierarchy to be put in place, which created a social structure of kings, nobles and common folk. ...

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