The caliphate of Córdoba was a success because Muslims, Jews, and Christians got along as a result of the Islamic leaders who were tolerant of other religions. Students could extend these arguments by presenting their arguments in an interfaith dialogue about the history of Al-‐Andalus.
A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was a colony of England, there was a demand for many labourers for the sugar, tobacco and cotton plantations. Paid labourers were too expensive, and the indigenous people had largely been wiped out by disease and conflict, so the colonisers turned to Africa to provide cheap labour in the form of slaves.
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