Answer:
It helped to unify Africans against their colonial situation.
Explanation:
Trade played a more central role in the mercantilist period of European history from 1500 to 1750 – sometimes referred to as early capitalism or trade capitalism – than in almost any other period.1<span> We must begin with the questions: When in human history did the first exchange of goods between </span>Europe<span> and the other four continents of </span>Africa<span>, </span>Asia<span>, </span>America<span> and </span>Australia<span>occur? Where are the origins of what one could describe as on-going exchange, as established economic relations to be found? These questions refer to an even larger global context because the global economic edifice changed fundamentally from "proto-globalization" to </span><span>globalization </span>.2<span> This process was primarily determined by Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. From the 16th century to 1914, trade within Europe at all times constituted the most significant portion of global trade, and the volume of that trade grew disproportionately quickly during the early modern period and into the modern period.</span>3<span> National markets became increasingly interconnected, driven by numerous innovations in the areas of infrastructure, </span>transportation<span>, energy supply, and – not least – institutions (rules, constitutions, division of labour, currency standards, etc.). The transition from individual production to </span><span>mass production </span><span> and the convergence of prices of goods and materials made transactions considerab</span>
Answer: The Inquisition was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas. Beginning in the 12th century and continuing for hundreds of years, the Inquisition is infamous for the severity of its tortures and its persecution of Jews and Muslims. Estimates of the number killed by the Spanish Inquisition, which Sixtus IV authorised in a papal bull in 1478, have ranged from 30,000 to 300,000. Some historians are convinced that millions died.
