The chapter this week dealt largely with rivers and treason and how they both related to trade. While this was an interesting aspect the article I found myself more interested in an idea the chapter seemed to suggest about Europeans. I think it is interesting that Europeans in this time seemed to find an idea they like and stick with it regardless of how it works in a new area. This is first shown when the article talks about the Europeans using waterways in Africa to develop trade routes and areas of wealth. They get an idea that this is the best way to go about things and immediately try this in the Americas. They continue to live around and explore rivers even after it is not as fruitful in the Americas because this is the way things have been done. They use rivers as a symbol of land ownership and a way to show that they plan to explore more areas. This is not the only example of Europeans being set in their ways. This also comes about with the topic of Roman Law and ideals. First when the chapter discuses how Europeans still used Roman Law in regards to defining property rights and then again when it talks about Europeans still using Roman Law when it comes to ideas about treason. I think this fascination particularly with aspects of Roman Law maybe links back to a desire to keep things as they were in the \u201cOld World\u201d instead of entirely embracing the \u201cNew World\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As Alec Correa<\/a> pointed out in his post last week often times Europeans thought of themselves as more sophisticated and advanced than the Native Americans even though sometimes they had to admit the Natives ways might be better for certain circumstances. This ties into the idea of the Old World versus the New World. The Europeans had a hard time accepting that the Natives could maybe have a better way of doing certain things because this conflicted with a desire to just have an extension of Europe and European ideals.<\/p>\n

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