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AP World History: Modern
Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)
Topic 2.3
How might history be different if Vasco da Gama had failed to establish a sea route from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope?
Ottoman Empire’s control over land routes could become absolute, leading them towards monopolizing all Eastern-Western commerce.
India could remain isolated from western influences for several more centuries.
The dominance and prosperity of Indian Ocean trade routes may have extended longer into the modern era.
The Portuguese empire might never have risen to prominence on a global scale.
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AP World History: Modern - 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
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