Ap World History Dbq Analysis

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Using primary sources as a learning tool for the interval of time involving the Silk Cultural exchange in the Ancient World, the Religious Transfer in the Early Modern Period, the Meeting of East and West in Japan and European Imperial Colonial Expansion into Africa brings to light a framework for discerning the impelling thrusts that alter Western history. Each time and setting engenders knowledge through testimonies, diaries, and speeches in such a way that historical significance is unearthed. Each account offers illumination of humanity and the role in the regions and the effect on the world. Thus, the chronicling of Western historical advancement and its over-arching impact on the designated region and world associates people and culture …show more content…
and Japan when the U.S. sends a letter to Japan explaining, “if your imperial majesty were so far to change the ancient laws as to allow a free trade between the two countries it would be extremely beneficial to both” (Walthall and Steele Document 4). Through communication of the U.S. and Japan that leads to the signing of a trade agreement, divisions arise that lead to the fall of the sogunate. This proves that trade plays a controlling factor in the success of a country (Walthall and Steele Document 5). Japan also sees harmful effects to their economy, “Already because of of foreign trade, prices of goods have risen, to the detriment of all four classes of people, and hard times are virtually at hand. These are the harmful effects of trade” (Walthall and Steele Document 14). Perhaps, no greater place exhibits the harmful effects as in the magnitude and greed of trade in the Congo Free State. In particular, Tippu Tip describes it vividly, “every month Europeans came to the camp, two or three boat loads and they all left with a load of ivory. Some they left behind. Stanley Falls was full of Europeans and as many goods as you could want” (Grant