GINS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Divergent Evolution, The Columbian Exchange, Valladolid Debate
21 Sep 2017
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Easing trade on silk roads, standardization, religious pluralism. Massacres, harsh tributes, rape as a weapon (dna = 1 in 200) They tell us more about the people telling stories than the actual. Commercial exchange networks, large scale migration streams, global. People didn"t even nd new places looking for new route to old place. Either you ght corona de castilla (much stronger kingdom) or you leave. With expansion, commerce, religion newer imperial process. Carry a lot should you nd things on the go. Figure out how to use the ocean currents and winds to get yourself out. Once mastered, you can go wherever you would like to go don"t just rely on winds taking you wherever it takes you. People believed you couldn"t get too far (krakens, sun would burn you, sea monsters) Winds working is actually what is dangerous. This makes portugal extremely wealthy and powerful (knowing how to go around. Catholic monarchs ferdinand of aragon and isabella of castile.
