In what ways did natural factors (wind, current, seasons, etc.) influence the structure of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?Explain

Part One. Short-answer identifications, 5 sentences at most). Identify and explain the significance of the following (5 points each).

1. Trans-Atlantic slave trade

2. Arab slave trade

3. Bartolome de las Casas

4. Sugar

5. Dutch rebellion against Spain

6. Tordesillas

7. Viande boucannée (smoked meat on Caribbean islands)

8. Middle Passage

9. Royal African Company

10. Saint-Domingue

Part Two. Choose one of the two following topics and write a cogent 1-3 page essay on it.

1. In what ways did natural factors (wind, current, seasons, etc.) influence the structure of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

2. How did the Muslim Middle East (its history, its ideas, its technologies, etc.) influence the evolution of Western Europe’s trans-Atlantic slave trade?

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