{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33985496","dateCreated":"1297346942","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"hdefilippis12","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hdefilippis12","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/hdefilippisapwhp4.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33985496"},"dateDigested":1531983238,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Relationships b\/w traders in Indian Ocean B4 the Portuguese arrived","description":"The relationships that existed between the traders in the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese arrived were peaceful. There was no central control over the traders. Some merchants were just trading and sailing for profit for their princes, and their expeditions were paid for by the princes\/higher merchants. There was no high competition within the trading system before the Portuguese arrived. People just wanted to make money for themselves and therefore the Portuguese saw this as an oppurtunity to take control and create high prices on products such as spices to make a lot of money.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33986674","body":"-3 zones were Arab, China, Indian(mutual respect)<br \/>\n-traded for individual benefit<br \/>\n-traded stuff that they needed (enterprenurs)<br \/>\n-no military presence<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPortuguese oppurtunities:<br \/>\n-military=ability to dominate<br \/>\n-advantage of surprise to take control of trading routes<br \/>\n-disunity and individualist attitudes also made domination easier--&gt;established factories--&gt;place to store goods<br \/>\n-able to create trade monopolies to some extent<br \/>\n-failed to liscense trade (get people to pay them to be able to trade--able to do this because they were the only power in the region able) *regulate*","dateCreated":"1297347850","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"hdefilippis12","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hdefilippis12","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}