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  The portuguese discovered africa in search for a route that bypassed the mediterranean and allowed them to trade directly with out trading through people in the middle. This leading them to discover africa.
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  There was alot of trade for china, stone, silk and spices. Spices were very valuable because it enhanced the flavor of food. Back then spices were rare and worth buying.
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  The Asante kingdom traded slaves and gold. Asante traded with the Europeans on the coast. In order to protect themselves the created rivarlries amoungst neighboring Europeans. This made Asante a very powerful country.
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  This was the time period when the production of technology was rapidly increasing. This helped to create the technology we now know.
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  He created a factory that sped the process of making shirt out of cotton up. He made this with a water wheel that helped to move the process.
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  Charles Darwin published the book The Origin of Species which said that all lliving things evolved overtime this including humans.
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  Europeans invaded and took almost everything in africa during this period.
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  People twisted Charles Darwin's ideas to make their own beliefs on their world true such as racism. They called it Darwinism even though he never agreed with anything they said.