HW #3

I thought it was very interesting how India’s main exports were spices. It was nice to learn how different exports and trades from different countries came about. I think that it is very important to note how we all found what resources could get us better good, how we could trade them to other peoples that could use them worldwide. Because agriculture was the main product of goods, it was important to also note that there was also someone that had to do leg work or also known as the labor. Exporting items really did benefit us because we had the opportunity to get a hold of greater goods. But looking at this in a different perspective, this really affected our social structure. For one, it created class division of labor. Obviously, the people on the top of the pyramid were too “good” to perform these tasks, but the labor had to be completed one way or another. This is when slavery came into place and people were being used as slavery and slaves were sold as an item or better said, as a belonging.

When it comes to the topic of slavery there is so much history and detail that needs to be examined. For one, it was a very wrongful approach for production of goods. This topic also related to empires, and how domination can rule over another human being. In every empire there was somehow a way to express inequality. Those at the bottom of the pyramid had no choice but to give the labor for agriculture and chores that did not want to be completed by the elite.

Trade was a fundamental aspect of the ancient Greek world and following territorial expansion, an increase in population movements, and innovations in transport, goods could be bought, sold, and exchanged in one part of the Mediterranean which had their origin in a completely different and far distant region. Food, raw materials, and manufactured goods were not only made available to Greeks for the first time but the export of such classics as wine, olives, and pottery helped to spread Greek culture to the wider world.