Chapter 14, First Half

In 1400 renaissance, rebirth and Greek humanism:
Refocusing on human world experience opposed to spiritual experience.
Looking for market especially in the Indian Ocean
Found a new world looking for new routes but it was hard to get there because of some religious conflict
They need sea route not land routes

Indian Ocean Trade:
They developed three models,

1: Portugal:
Trading post Empire
Effectively found merchants that already active offered them protection money

2: Spain and Philipines:
because it is close to China and Indian Ocean, it will be easy to participate in trade
Their method taking land outright. It was so easy for Spain to take Philippines.
There is no central government-islands self governing
There is no conflict between those islands- no strong utility attraction
They have some products- harvesting spices

3: The Companies Model:
Britain the government does not have to take land from people
It is valuable model

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