Chapter 6• Charles V’s son Phillip

succeeded him and was able to acquire a claim to the kingdom of Portugal and its vast overseas empire.

• A petition was drawn up on a conquest to China but nothing came of this as the Italian Jesuit sinologist Matteo Ricci poured much scorn on it.

• However, the Spanish Empire was so large that it was extremely hard to keep all of it in one piece.

• The overseas Empire was dominated by foreign ships that carried the products largely to the benefit of foreign merchants.

Chapter 7• Very quickly, the Europeans

had gained control of a large chunk of America and also small pieces of Asia and Africa.

• Much of this was made possible due to the advancement in technology including new navigational techniques that created ships that were faster and more effective.

• The Europeans continued the expansion of their Empire with these new technological tools.

Chapter 8• Since their beginning, all overseas European Empires were powered by

slavery• Every empire in history participated in the ownership of slaves up until the

nineteenth-century.• Slaves came from all over the Greek and Roman worlds, some even

occupying positions with considerable responsibility.• Slaves were employed as tutors, household administrators, warriors,

secretaries, etc.