{"id":11952,"date":"2024-02-16T22:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/what-was-the-primary-motivation-for-exploration-and-or-empire-building-in-africa-and-or-the-americas\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:55:16","slug":"what-was-the-primary-motivation-for-exploration-and-or-empire-building-in-africa-and-or-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/what-was-the-primary-motivation-for-exploration-and-or-empire-building-in-africa-and-or-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the primary motivation for exploration and\/or empire building in Africa and\/or the Americas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several weeks, we have discussed the first contact between peoples from Africa,<br \/>\nEurope, and the Americas. This contact occurred because of exploration which was motivated by<br \/>\na variety of factors. In your first essay, I would like you to answer the following question:<br \/>\nWhat was the primary motivation for exploration and\/or empire-building in Africa and\/or the<br \/>\nAmericas?<br \/>\nAs you answer this question, please ensure you draw from the primary sources that we have read<br \/>\nfor this class as well as information from the class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From the book Major Problem of the Atlantic World:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Major<br \/>\nProblems in Atlantic History (MPAH), pp. 38-40.Martin W. Lewis, \u201cInventing Oceans\u201d in MPAH, pp. 3-10. \u201cTwo Atlantic Inhabitants Explain the Origins of the Sea, 1490s and 1590\u201d in Major<br \/>\nProblems in Atlantic History (MPAH), pp. 38-40.&nbsp;David Northrup, \u201cThe Portuguese-African Encounter\u201d in MPAH, pp. 40-48.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\u201d The Vikings Explore North America, c. 1010\u201d in MPAH, pp. 25-27. \u201cLeo Africanus Describes a West African World of Trade, c. 1515\u201d in MPAH, pp. 35-<br \/>\n38.&nbsp; Portuguese Expedition Meets Resistance in Gambia, 1455\u201d in MPAH, pp. 32-33. \u201cCastilian Law Incorporates Slaves and Others Before 1492\u201d in MPAH, pp. 27-31.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several weeks, we have discussed the first contact between peoples from Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This contact occurred because of exploration which was motivated by a variety of factors. In your first essay, I would like you to answer the following question: What was the primary motivation for exploration and\/or empire-building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[28],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=11952"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=11952"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=11952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}