GMS 400 Lecture 1: GMS400 – Week1.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 400
• Professor: Dale Carl

Document Summary

Followed by phoenician, greek and roman colonization from europe. Islamisation: 7th century ad: arabs with new religion (islam) subdued north africa from. Egypt to morocco, and north into spain, nearly wiping out christianity in the religion. The sahara dessert became the fault line between muslims arabs and black africa to the south. Portuguese ships rounded cape verde in 1445 and by 1480 the whole guinea coast was known to the portuguese. In 1482, diego cao reached the mouth of the congo (gold), the cape of good hope was rounded in up the east coast , and went from there to. English mariners went there as early as 1553, and they were followed by spaniards, The chief goods dealt in were slaves (overland trade), gold, ivory and spices. Discovery and development of america: slave trade. Colonial supremacy along the coast passed in the 17th century from portugal o the.