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17. Right now the book is upstairs so I don't have the exact title

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 07:19 PM

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It is by Robert Crowley and narrates the Portuguese conquest of the Indian Ocean from the Muslim traders during the years 1498-1550. Truly amazing how an insignificant nation with a population of about one million was able to pull it off. A combination of Portuguese takeover of the Spice trade and inflation caused by Spanish flooding Europe with gold and silver from the Americas destroyed the power of both Ottoman Turkey and Mameluke Egypt.

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