Notes #17
17th and 18th Centuries: Fall of Gunpowder Empires and rise of the west
-Qing China
-Rising population, production and trade
-Safavids
-loss of subjects allegiance, 1722
-decline in population
-external attacks
-Ottomans
-inefficient state: tug
Conqueror Mehmed II
If I were to live in the early modern period, I would chose the conqueror Mehmed II
to serve. For me, Mehmed II is more greater than Hernan Cortes as a conqueror
become of his birth nobility and inherent leadership style, talent of pol
Cultural Globalization in London and Strasbourg
According to the 2013 NatCen British Social Attitudes survey, almost a third of British people
30% report that they have some feelings of racial prejudice.But what does this mean at a
time when one in five
Prof. Junko Takeda
HST 121 Global History to 1750
Film Screening Questions: Black Robe
Please complete and upload to your Blackboard Black Robe assignment page.
1. Where and when does the story begin?
Quebec, North America 1634
2. Where is the main charac
Edict to Al-Musta'sim
If I were an official in Baghdad, I would suggest Al-Musta'sim obedience to the
Mongols. According to Mongols war customs and Tolerant policies, I think AlMusta'sim was better to obedience to the Mongols.
Accroding to Mongols war cus
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GEO 171
CHANGXIN ZHU
Apartheid of Cape Town
Cape Town is located in the South of South Africa, is a coastal city. Rich in history,
natural beauty and culture, let this city has been a popular destination for the worlds
tourists for many years. Also, tab
Kangyi Liang
PSC 355
Final Paper
5/5/2016
First, national borders is one of the problems for the extension of global market.
Although many countries have lowered economic obstacles, such us reducing tariffs,
breaking through language barriers, etc, the in
The Future of Sustainable Food System
It is hard to exaggerate the role that agriculture plays in human development. This report
shows the multi-faceted contributions of the global food system to all pillars of sustainable
development in the post-2015 era
Dear Family:
In 1492, I was work for Christopher Columbus in his expedition. He set sail for a
route to Asia. We did not reached the Asia yet, we reached the Bahamas, Cuba and
San Domingo now. These countries or islands are very different with our country
New Eurasian
Empires
Class Goals
Turkish Expansion:
The Timurids
Ottoman Empire
China: Ming Dynasty
Turkish Expansion
Post-plague Islamic Recovery
begins from 1400s
Turkification
Assimilated Turkic clans
gain power
Mongol conversions to Islam
Islamic Eura
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HST 121
Rising out of the darkness
The plague pandemics of the fourteenth century weakened the Mongols, but rulers,
conquerors and subjects of other empires took advantage of new political and commercial
opportunities for their own gain. Improved technolo
THE MONGOLS AND EURASIA
WEEK 1
WEEK 1 WRITING ASSIGNMENT
DUE SATURDAY MIDNIGHT 5/23
In January of 1258, Mongol armies led by Hulegu, the grandson of Genghis
Khan started to invade Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Hulegu sent a letter to Al-
Yahnick Carter
11/12/15
HST 121
Reading assignment
A- I the Montagnais Shaman will not convert myself to the religion of these men. Their
religion is not that of this world, it is foreign to us, very foreign. I ask us, why would we
change now? Why would w
Yahnick Carter
9/23/15
HST 121
Reading response #3
I believe that something that allows writers to write freely, is objectiveness. In the first
passage about Mehmed it almost seemed that the writer was simply writing about his life.
There was a lot of aut
HST 121
Notes
Science, Discovery, and the Wests Productivity Leap
What was the scientific revolution?
-1500s 1800s
-A transformation in scientific thought that had major effects on politics, society, culture, and
religion
-Astronomy
-physics
-Chemistry
-B
Notes #15
The Western World during the 18th Century
-The age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform
-A result of the 17th century Scientific Revolution
-Social and economic changes
-individualism, Relativism, and rationalism
-laisse-faire free market
-explor
Yahnick Carter
HST 121
Notes
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Towards oceanic imperialism: Europeans learn the oceans
a. Why do global historians care about oceans?
b. Desire for access:
i. Prosperous markets of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
c. The Limitations
i. Dangero
Notes #14
What was the scientific revolution?
-1500s-1800s
-A transformation in scientific thought that had major effects on politics, society, culture and
religion
-astronomy
-physics
-chemistry
-biology
-Causes
-globalization networks
-knowledge transfe
Why care about population growth?
-what does population growth stimulate?
-how does it change power balance?
Why care about population growth?
-What population growth stimulates
-economic output and activity
-Resettlements and imperial expansion
-Science
HST 121
Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Safavid, Persia, China, Korea and Japan)
1. Italy, Spain, Portugal
a. Waning political power
b. Waning economic power
2. English, French
a. Rising political power
b. Domestic political and religious
HST 121 notes
i.
Land Empires?
a. Ottomans
i. 3 main waterways
1. Mediterranean Sea
2. Black sea
3. Tigris and Euphrates rivers
ii. Broad frontier zones
iii. Trading outposts
1. Persian gulf
2. Silk roads
3. Red sea
4. Egypt
5. Levant
b. Suleimans age
i.
Notes #16
The Atlantic World
-term used by historians and others to describe the interactions of people and nations
bordering the Atlantic Ocean starting at the age of exploration
-this includes everyone affected by these maritime trade routes - Europeans
HST 121
Christianity and the limits of success
Class Goals
Understand the causes of protestant reformation
o Discussion about freedom
o The northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism
o Revolution in Print
Martin Luther
o Who was he?
o Who followed him
Notes #12
Slave trade in America:
-Slave trade and slavery as part of Africas social, economic, and social systems long before
1700s
-Slave trade and slavery had thrived in Empires of Western Sudan, Senegal River Valley, Lake
Chad Basin, Nile Valley commu
Yahnick Carter
Biological Exchange
-21 st century examples
-the relationship between biological exchange, politics, economy , war
-Bio-piracy
Europeans Invasion: 16th Century
-largest, movement, displacement, and destruction of people in world history
-wh
Yahnick Carter
9/29/15
history notes
1. Turkish Expansion
a. Post-plague islamic recovery
i. Turkification
1. assimilated Turkic clans
ii. Mongol Conversions
iii. Islamic Eurasia
1. Illkhantae
2. Chagatai khanate
iv. Turko-Mongolian Ruler
2. Timurids
a. T
Yahnick Carter
Notes
Age of Exploration: What was it?
1. Age of Exploration and overseas expansion
2. 1450-1650
3. Reconfiguration of Europe
a. Shift from the Mediterranean Africa, Asia, Americas
4. Economic globalization and international trade
a. Europe
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