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Vasco da Gama's
voyage to India had opened the way
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to the east for
Europeans, but it soon became clear that
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Europeans had
little to offer Asians in exchange for their
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desired products.
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q |
Asians were not
interested in converting to
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Christianity.
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q |
Asian states were
too strong to be conquered by
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Europeans.
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q |
But, European
seapower allowed control of spice
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exports and
regulation of some parts of the Asian
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trading network.
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The Europeans
participated in the existing economic and
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political system
rather then attempting to capture it like
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they did in the
America’s.
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