HIST 391 Lecture 4: HIST 391 9-19
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Crusades (1095-1291: western europeans came into military contact with muslims in the eastern. Reconquista (1492: muslims are expelled or forced to convert to christianity, means that europe is christian again. Berlin conference (1884-5: mostly belongs to the british and french. Takes about 30 years for them to fully gain control. Basically the entire continent is taken by europe. Rise of northwestern european powers near the iberian peninsula. Not the first time france invaded north africa or middle east. As much as europeans wanted people in the oriental region to be savages, they weren"t. During the enlightenment, people started pushing for human rights and equality. In doing so, they actually negated the human rights the enlightenment emphasized. Emphasized superiority over the rest of the world. Sex is a dense transfer point of all other forms of power. Europeans think they know that oriental people are the stereotypes they"ve heard about.
