The Atlantic Ocean. Its the ocean that connects North and South America to Europe. Most early explorers came from Europe and "discovered" the Americas. The slave trade as well as spice trade used the Atlantic ocean because it's the most direct way from most of Europe.
Baptism:) hope this helps!
The empires that the leaders of the Second Wabe were to rule were much larger than those of the First Wave. The colonies and people were governed from a distance, and <span>leaders </span>achieved the expansion of their empires through wars of conquest. The <span>leaders</span><span> had more military power, over the old divine power, because they
were in command of well-organized armies and fleets of ships to
dominate. Instead of seeing themselves as divinities, the
rulers of the Second Wabe were politicians, who allowed assemblies and
the intervention of the people, like the Greeks. The
new rulers were through politics, the creation of laws, new concepts
such as citizenship in Rome and Greece, as well as the possibility of
not governing for life, but elect leaders, as with the Roman Consuls.</span>
Columbus thought they were nice generous people who would make great slaves.
