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Why did the people of West Africa welcomed European traders in the middle of the fifteenth century?
Why did the people of West Africa welcome European traders in the middle of the fifteenth century? They were hoping to evade the trade monopoly of the northern empires.
What advantage did the five nations of the Iroquois have in the seventeenth century?
What advantage did the Five Nations of the Iroquois have in the seventeenth century? Their strategic location in central New York allowed them to dominate the region. Why did the fur trade of North America expand so quickly from the late sixteenth into the seventeenth century?
Why did Europeans avoid venturing into inland Africa during the fifteenth century?
Why did Europeans avoid venturing into inland Africa during the fifteenth century? Europeans were not immune to African diseases. Diseases like malaria, yellow fever, and dysentery quickly killed any Europeans who ventured into Africa's interior until the mass development in quinine in the nineteenth century.
Why did Native men incorporate elaborate rituals into their hunting practice?
Northern Native Americans practiced elaborate rituals to appease the guardian spirits that could ensure successful hunts and provide them with other forms of good fortune.