Did the Fall of Constantinople Cause European Colonialism?

  / historysinfluence   Book Club Server:   / discord   https://linktr.ee/historysinfluence #history #byzantine_empire #ottomanempire #portugueseempire #spanishhistory #spicetrade #colonialhistory #ageofexploration A video taking a deep dive on a certain historical question: Did the Fall of the Byzantine City of Constantinople in 1453, Cause or Contribute to European Exploration and Colonisation? Focuses on the Spice Trade, Broad Eastern Trade, Ancient European exploration, alongside Portugal and Spain's early exploration/colonisation. Chapters 📚 0:00 - Introduction 2:45 - How Did Spices Reach Europe? 5:55 - Was the Spice Trade Cut Off? 13:26 - Was Broader Trade Cut Off? 18:51 - Exploration: Before 1453 23:01 - Portugal's Rise: Before 1453? 30:13 - Spain, Genoa, and Christopher Columbus 35:41 - The True Impact Bibliography 📖 The bibliography goes over the word limit here, so I've posted it as a Substack article: https://historysinfluence.substack.co... Here's the reddit post however (spoiler alert for spice section):   / spice_must_flow_aka_ottomans_stopped_the_s...   Image Credits 📷 Mustafa-trit20. "Portion of Panorama 1453 History Museum siege scene." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... ZioNicco. "A Velencei Köztársaság birtokai és kereskedelmi kapcsolatai a 15–16. században." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Epgep. "Repubbliche marinare - fondachi anconitani." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Kayac1971. "Expansion of Genoa around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Павел Игоревич Гончарук. "Архитектурный проект средневековой генуэзской галеры "Джинестра." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Sonofharpo. "Portuguese discoveries and explorations.version4.edited." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Po.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Debray05. "Viajes de Colón." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... Music Credits 🎵 "Hero Down" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Majestic Hills" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Anguish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Confused State" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Eastminster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Lord of the Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Expeditionary" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Skye Cuillin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...