HISTORY 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Larceny, Enclosure
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Last class focusing on indians, this class will be looking at the europeans. English, scottish, welsh, french, portuguese, dutch, spanish, etc. During the english-colonization period, a new ottoman empire rose up to power and blocked the route to asia. If trade was to be done between the west and asia, the ottomans would have to be involved. The europeans paths to asia were blocked and wanted to have access to. The europeans believed the wealth of the ottomans came from asia, and they wanted to compete against them. Du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g this ti(cid:373)e, (cid:1005)6(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s, the(cid:396)e (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:395)uite a fe(cid:449) (cid:396)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374)-europe society, such as the revolution of commerce, revolution of science/technology, revolution of. The italian humanistic views were spreading, the power of the pope was being challenged, and the revolution of commerce (privatisation of the land). The other empires, ottoman and chinese, were much more scientifically advanced than the.