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... Indian Ocean , calmer seas made the heavy construction Europeans had developed for Atlantic waters quite unnecessary ; but light vessels , fitted for those seas , were unable to use the new cannon . As Newton's laws of motion eventually ...
... Indian Ocean , calmer seas made the heavy construction Europeans had developed for Atlantic waters quite unnecessary ; but light vessels , fitted for those seas , were unable to use the new cannon . As Newton's laws of motion eventually ...
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... Indian Ocean commerce for centuries , and who had successfully rolled back Christian sea power from the eastern Mediterranean after 1453 , did not simply acquiesce in the sudden appearance of European ships in seas they had been ...
... Indian Ocean commerce for centuries , and who had successfully rolled back Christian sea power from the eastern Mediterranean after 1453 , did not simply acquiesce in the sudden appearance of European ships in seas they had been ...
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... Indian Ocean , leaving the defense of Moslem interests to local rulers and peoples . Local rulers of the Indian Ocean coastlands did not even at- tempt to compete with the newcomers by building ships and cannon like those the Europeans ...
... Indian Ocean , leaving the defense of Moslem interests to local rulers and peoples . Local rulers of the Indian Ocean coastlands did not even at- tempt to compete with the newcomers by building ships and cannon like those the Europeans ...
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