How would Europe modernize without american colonization.
Romania has many gold deposits.
Romania has many gold deposits.
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Short version: Spanish hit the Maghreb hard, India and China both take it on the chin, and wars everywhere in Europe go up an notch in length and scale because population pressures are so much more intense.
The lack of precious metals isn't such a problem (although the loss of all that American silver will turn off the main current of trade in the early modern era, the big flow from America to Europe through the middle east to India and China). The Europeans will just have to (and probably will) fall back on the traditional way of opening closed markets.
How will Islam fare in the region?I'll get it done, I'll get it done, I'll get it done, I swear.
Short version: Spanish hit the Maghreb hard,
Portugal's population increased during 16-19th centuries where will that population go and what will happen to castille?
How will Islam fare in the region?
So, Roman Catholic North Africa then?In the Maghreb, not well. Spain isn't going to be the economic superpower it was at this time IOTL, but it doesn't have conquering half the planet to distract it either; my guess is that they'll hack their way up to a point where the Ottomans can defend better than they can attack, and Hispanize everything behind that. Morrocco through to Tunisia, maybe.
In the Maghreb, not well. Spain isn't going to be the economic superpower it was at this time IOTL, but it doesn't have conquering half the planet to distract it either; my guess is that they'll hack their way up to a point where the Ottomans can defend better than they can attack, and Hispanize everything behind that. Morrocco through to Tunisia, maybe.
What will happen to occitans and catalans in this timeline?I disagree Spain will be a economical superpower to even greater extent than in OTL, many of the product grown in Caribbian primary sugar can in Europe only be grown in Spanish and Ottoman territies, Spain will lack the enourmous supply of precious metals, but it will create a incentment to develop better control over the finanses, and keeping the mechants happy (so no pissing off the Dutch). The Spain which enter the 18th century may look a lot more like France.
In Europe some of the primary winners are the Austrian Habsburgs without their large silver production in Bohemia and Tyrol rendered worthless.
In Netherlands if they stay united, we see a greater focus on production rather than trade, through trade stay important. That mean that the Hanse may stay stronger and more relevant. Through we may see the Danes take over their markeds.
Yeah - but the money boom had one good effect on Spain: it kicked it from late medieval feudalism to an early modern money economy pretty much overnight, and gave it a well-ahead-of-its-time paid professional army to boot.
So, Roman Catholic North Africa then?
How would the Berbers be in that timeline?