Answer:
Conforming to Confucian thinking and mentality, the feudal Japanese society was a strictly hierarchical one.
At the top stood the Emperor. He was seen as a divine being, but he was a figure with no real power.
The Shogun, the commander-in-chief of the army, had the real power, he was the most powerful man in Japan.
Under shogun´s control, there were the daimyos or top feudal lords, powerful landlords, heads of clans.
Regading the other members of society, there were four classes:
warriors (samurais), artisans, farmers and merchants.
Explanation:
Answer: The slave trade became more focused on traffic to the Americas as traffic to the Old World declined.
Explanation:
From the maps it is shown that from the years 1451 to 1600 the amount of enslaved people transported from Africa to the Old World of Europe was more than the amount transported to the Americas.
In the years 1601 - 1700 however there was a change in the trend as less enslaved people were transported to the Old World and instead were sent in larger numbers to the Americas therefore showing that the slave trade became more focused on traffic to the Americas as traffic to the Old World declined.