HIST 1112 Lecture 1: week 1
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Hist 1112 - world history 2 - summer 2020. Think about what changed, what caused it, and why things might have been different: empires 1200-1600, science, commerce and enlightenment 1500-1750. Dutch, sea exploration: nations, revelations and europe 1750-1900. The colonies in the americas, the industrial revolution, the falling of empires: +5. Printing, paper, the compass, and gunpowder had been invented but not used in europe. Their economies were agricultural and based on slaves/ peasants. The emperor or king was seen as having a special relationship with some kind of god. Their power was in their symbols and representation - not taxation. Their society was a fixed hierarchy - you were born a peasant, you die a peasant. The neolithic revolution - the development of agriculture - the new stone age. Europe, asia, africa - wheat, rice, and other grains. They were cyclical - repeating and slow to change. Cycles of plenty, leading to overpopulation and famine.
