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CHAPTER 14 OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The Atlantic slave trade was and is enormously significant. B. The slave trade was only one part of the international trading networks that shaped the world between 1450 and 1750. 1. Europeans broke into the Indian Ocean spice trade 2. American silver allowed greater European participation in the commerce of East Asia 3. fur trapping and trading changed commerce and the natural environment C. Europeans were increasingly prominent in long-distance trade, but other peoples were also important. D. Commerce and empire were the two forces that drove globalization between 1450 and1750. II. Europeans and Asian Commerce A. Europeans wanted commercial connections with Asia.
