... in that statement is there placed any value on human life. Their pursuit of gold and silver led them to colonize Central and South America as well as the west and east coasts of North America using slaves from Africa as laborers. Many lives were lost as the slaves were packed standing room only into the below decks of ships for the journey ... . The products of their labor, generally sugar, tobacco, and cotton, were shipped home where they were traded for manufactured goods, such as guns and cloth. These were then taken to Africa where they were traded for additional slaves. This triangu...

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... still some critics claim that many of the economies of the industrial North (i.e., North America, Europe, East Asia) have benefited from globalization, while in the past two decades many semi- and non-industrial countries of the geo-political South (i.e., Africa, parts of Asia, and Central and South America) have faced economic downturns rather than the growth promised by economic integration. Globalization should be encouraged ... ...

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