HISTORY 2HH3 Lecture 1: HISTORY 2HH3-Mediterranean Encounters 1500-1800 Course Lectures
14 Mar 2017
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Constantinople (formerly greek orthodox): ottoman empire religiously and ethnically very diverse. General themes: mapping places and spaces, trading worlds, comparative societies, east-west representation how did eastern (european) and western (islamic) cultures perceive each other, religious history, wars and their impact, daily life. Ignores national boundaries, political boundaries believes these are virtually irrelevant: argues for a unity of space, structuralism = belief we a product of our environment. Palmira brummet (2007: look at the mediterranean as a site of connectivity, said med meant different things to different people depending on where they lived and how they used it. I. e. a pilgrim and a sailor will sea the mediterranean differently. What is in a name: where did the name come from, romans were the first to call it the mediterranean middle sea (in the. Who was travelling c. 1500: merchants and sailors, slaves (galleys, households, harems)
