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The Homogesene and the Age of Exploration: How Trade Routes and Colonization Shaped the World
TLDR The homogesene, or global homogeneity, that exists today can be traced back to the age of exploration, which was sparked by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II shutting down trade routes and Europeans seeking new routes. The Dutch and English formed chartered companies, colonized new territories, and established trade, leading to the rise of European dominance and the reshaping of the world.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The homogesene, which describes the sweeping similarity and homogeneity that has come about around the planet since the age of exploration, can be attributed to one guy.
04:34
The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II shutting down trade routes through the Middle East and barring Europeans from participating in trade led to the age of exploration and the Europeans taking to the sea to find new trade routes.
08:45
The Dutch and English formed chartered companies to compete with Portugal in the spice trade and eventually took control away from Portugal.
12:54
The Dutch West India Company colonized the area around New York, known as New Netherlands, and established trade with the local Indian tribes.
17:24
Peter Minuit, the director of the Dutch West India Company, tried to establish Dutch claim to Manhattan by buying it from the local tribe, even though the concept of owning land was not understood by the Indians at the time.
21:34
The Dutch believed they owned Manhattan and New Netherlands by the end of the 17th century, and at the same time, they were trying to establish a monopoly on nutmeg in the Banda Islands, which led to the brutalization of the Banda natives.
25:50
The Dutch tried to establish a monopoly on nutmeg in the Banda Islands, but the British still had control of run, so the Dutch dipped the nutmeg in lime to prevent it from growing and maintain their monopoly, until they eventually partnered with England and burned down all the nutmeg trees on the island.
30:00
In the Treaty of Breda, the English ended up with Manhattan, which the Dutch were happy to give away, and in the end, England traded Manhattan for nutmeg by planting lime-free nutmeg on different islands.
34:25
The hosts discuss a story about Robert De Niro tipping hotel staff generously and personally, rather than going through a middleman.
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