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Chapter 6• Charles V’s son Phillip
succeeded him and was able to acquire a claim to the kingdom of Portugal and its vast overseas empire.
• A petition was drawn up on a conquest to China but nothing came of this as the Italian Jesuit sinologist Matteo Ricci poured much scorn on it.
• However, the Spanish Empire was so large that it was extremely hard to keep all of it in one piece.
• The overseas Empire was dominated by foreign ships that carried the products largely to the benefit of foreign merchants.
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Chapter 7• Very quickly, the Europeans
had gained control of a large chunk of America and also small pieces of Asia and Africa.
• Much of this was made possible due to the advancement in technology including new navigational techniques that created ships that were faster and more effective.
• The Europeans continued the expansion of their Empire with these new technological tools.
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Chapter 8• Since their beginning, all overseas European Empires were powered by
slavery• Every empire in history participated in the ownership of slaves up until the
nineteenth-century.• Slaves came from all over the Greek and Roman worlds, some even
occupying positions with considerable responsibility.• Slaves were employed as tutors, household administrators, warriors,
secretaries, etc.