Trade Settlements

Showing all 4 results

• 

  African Trade c. 1300–1400

  £2.99 ADDGO TO MAP

  African Trade c. 1300–1400

  £2.99

  Medieval trade links were well-established and prosperous, facilitating the movement of goods between Africa, Europe and the East, and the spread of Islam. In North Africa, Muslim traders sent luxury goods such as textiles, beads and ceramics south, while gold, African ivory, kola nuts and slaves moved north. Huge caravans... More
• 

  British Conquest of India 1753–1914

  £2.99 ADDGO TO MAP

  British Conquest of India 1753–1914

  £2.99

  In 1600 the East India Company was established to run British trading operations in the Indian Ocean. It established numerous coastal trading posts and factories against competition from its Dutch, Portuguese and French counterparts. British influence was extended after victory against the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey... More
• 

  The Hanseatic League and the Baltic 1370–1500

  £2.99 ADDGO TO MAP

  The Hanseatic League and the Baltic 1370–1500

  £2.99

  The members of the Hanseatic League were all independent ‘free cities’ owing direct allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1361–70, they were powerful enough to go to war with Denmark, and win, enforcing their monopoly of Danish trade and confirming it through a further war (1428–35). At their height,... More
• 

  Treaty Ports in China 1842–1936

  £2.99 ADDGO TO MAP

  Treaty Ports in China 1842–1936

  £2.99

  The First Opium War, triggered by the British government’s imposition of an opium trade upon Qing China, was concluded in 1842 by the Treaty of Nanking, under which the Chinese ceded to the British Empire the island of Hong Kong and the five treaty ports at Shanghai, Canton (Guangzhou), Ningpo... More