Atlantic world

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historical concept historiographical framework transnational region

The Atlantic world refers to the interconnected regions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas linked by trade, migration, empire, and cultural exchange across the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th to the 19th centuries.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Atlantic history	4
Atlantic World	1
Atlantic studies	1
Atlantic trade routes	1
Atlantic world history	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical concept ⓘ historiographical framework ⓘ transnational region ⓘ
contrastsWith	nation-centered history ⓘ
emergedInContextOf	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery European maritime expansion ⓘ
hasAnalyticalFocus	connections across the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasCoreRegion	Africa ⓘ Americas ⓘ Europe ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	Atlantic Revolutions ⓘ surface form: Atlantic revolutions creolization of cultures ⓘ development of Atlantic economies ⓘ early modern globalization ⓘ entanglement of European, African, and American histories ⓘ formation of Atlantic empires ⓘ interconnectedness of four continents ⓘ racial slavery and its legacies ⓘ religious transformation ⓘ
hasTemporalScope	15th century to 19th century ⓘ
includesProcess	African diaspora ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ circulation of diseases ⓘ circulation of goods ⓘ circulation of ideas ⓘ circulation of people ⓘ circulation of technologies ⓘ colonial expansion ⓘ imperial rivalry ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ plantation slavery ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
involvesRegion	British Isles ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ France ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy	cultural exchange ⓘ empire ⓘ migration ⓘ trade ⓘ
isLinkedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
isUsedInDiscipline	African diaspora studies ⓘ Atlantic world self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Atlantic studies early modern studies ⓘ history ⓘ
overlapsWith	concept of early modern Atlantic system ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heeren XIX → appliesToJurisdiction → Atlantic world ⓘ

Peel Ports → associatedWith → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic trade routes

Prince William of Orange (disputed) → associatedWith → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic world history

American Revolutionary era → field → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic history

asiento de negros contract → fieldOfStudy → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic history

Atlantic Revolutions → hasGeographicScope → Atlantic world ⓘ

Atlantic world → isUsedInDiscipline → Atlantic world self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic studies

American Revolutionary era → location → Atlantic world ⓘ

Napoleonic era → location → Atlantic world ⓘ

Spanish colonization of the Americas → mainSubject → Atlantic world ⓘ

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → militaryTheater → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic World

Middle Passage → studiedIn → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic history

New World → usedInContext → Atlantic world ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic history