ME 273 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Bretton Woods System, Iranian Revolution, Steam Engine
2 May 2018
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What is modernity important dates
- 1430 - 1498 Early portuguese explorations of the African coast
- 1441 - New era of slave trading (First cargo of African slaves arrived in Portugal)
- 14th/15th century - Doctrine of Racism (formal beginnings of racism, approx)
- 1492 - Columbus discovers America
- 1492 - 1502 Columbus's voyages to the New World
- 1514 Portuguese mission reached China
- 1517 - 1648 The Reformation (Protestant Reformation)
- 1542 First contact with Japan
- 1648- Treaty of Westphalia (beginning of the concept of nation states)
- 17th Century - Concept of individual identity (coinciding with the nation states, and the
beginnings of a consumer society)
- 1760- Industrial revolution
- 1776 The American revolution and Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations
-1769 to 1773 - Great Bengal Famine
- 1784- Asiatic Society of Bengal
- 1784- Steam engine patented by James Watt
- 1789 French Revolution
- 1815 - 1914 European colonial dominion expanded from 35 percent of earth’s surface to
85 percent of it.
- 1833 - Slavery was abolished.
- 1871 First British India Census
- 1875 - Mutiny (war of Independence)
- 1914 - 1918 World War I
- 1917 Russian revolution
- 1929-1939 The great depression
- 1939 - 1945 World War II, Great acceleration of anthropocene
- 1943 - Bengal Famine
- 1944 - Bretton woods institutions (World bank and IMF founded)
- 1947 – 1991 Cold war
- 1979- Iranian Revolution
- 1985 - Dr. Edward Said wrote the book orientalism
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Types of state systems
- Ended 5th century Empires
- 8th - 14th century Feudalism
- 8th - 19th century Holy Roman Empire
- 14th - 16th century (approx) Polity of Estates
- 15th - 18th Absolutist states
- 18th - ongoing Modern states
Thinkers
- 1588 - 1679 Hobbes
- 1712 - 78 Rousseau
- 1723 - 1790 Adam Smith
- 1806 - 73 Stuart Mill
- 1809 - 1882 Darwin
- 1818 - 1883 Marx
- 1820 - 1895 Engles
- 1864 - 1920 Weber
Colonialism in India
- 1612–1757 East India Company
- 1757–1858 Company rule in India
- 1858–1947 British Raj
- 1824–1948 British rule in Burma
- 1721–1949 Princely states
- 1947 Partition of India
Anthropocene
- 11,500 years ago Holocene
- 1784(Steam engine) - ongoing Anthropocene (contested)
- July 16, 1945 First atomic bomb Nevada desert
Quiz (Gulraiz)
Quiz 4:
Answer the following questions:
1. Paul Crutzen marks the beginning of the Anthropocene in the year ________, the year
that _______________________________ was patented.
Answer: 1784, Steam engine
2. Some scientists, in agreement with Crutzen, mark the year _________ as the beginning
Document Summary
1430 - 1498 early portuguese explorations of the african coast. 1441 - new era of slave trading (first cargo of african slaves arrived in portugal) 14th/15th century - doctrine of racism (formal beginnings of racism, approx) 1492 - 1502 columbus"s voyages to the new world. 1648- treaty of westphalia (beginning of the concept of nation states) 17th century - concept of individual identity (coinciding with the nation states, and the beginnings of a consumer society) 1776 the american revolution and adam smith published the wealth of nations. 1815 - 1914 european colonial dominion expanded from 35 percent of earth"s surface to. 1939 - 1945 world war ii, great acceleration of anthropocene. 1944 - bretton woods institutions (world bank and imf founded) 1985 - dr. edward said wrote the book orientalism . 14th - 16th century (approx) polity of estates. July 16, 1945 first atomic bomb nevada desert.
