Global Encounters" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response: Please respond in a primary posting of at least 200 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment of at least 100 words to at least one [1] of your classmates.
Explain at least two (2) possible reasons for the differences between the results of exploration and trade by the Chinese and by the European states. Consider the reach of the Chinese Treasure Fleet and the global empires that Spain and Portugal established. Identify one (1) statistic or aspect of the transatlantic slave trade that you find most revealing about the human cost of European expansion into the New World. Slavery has been an accepted part of most societies covered in this course, though in the future most would seek its abolition. Discuss the implications of this for human progress.
Explore
Global Encounters: Achievements and Exploitation
Chapter 18 (pp. 618-620), China’s Treasure Fleet; review Week 9 Music Folder 
Chinese explorers at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-chinese-explorers.html and http://www.alrahalah.com/2010/09/zheng-he/
Large ship replica: http://www.alrahalah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TreasureShip.jpg
Chapter 18 (pp. 596-604), Spain and Portugal: empire building; quick conquest
Chapter 18 (pp. 601, 604-607, 612-613), transatlantic slave trade
Transatlantic slave trade at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html

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