HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gunpowder Empires, Microhistory, Zheng He
11 Nov 2016
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The story of middle east a part of the renaissance, ottoman empire, one of the gunpowder empires. Did the position of these countries change in world trade network after the discovery of the. The fate of americas (breaking of existing myths) Myth of the rise of the west fall of the east (middle east, china etc) The west has been the richest and the most dynamic part of the world since the end of middle. Capitalist market economy, state building and rational cultures are typical western creations. (not unique to europe) Weberian premise of western cultural pattern like labour, discipline, freedom, knowledge. West also built bureaucracy, efficient military, also individual property rights. (nothing new) Develop market economy, separate fro(cid:373) politi(cid:272)al regulatio(cid:374), guided (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le ha(cid:374)d(cid:863). (vanhaute eric 2013) Chi(cid:374)a (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter of trade, the (cid:374)eed is (cid:374)ot there to e(cid:454)plore. Middle east (cid:272)lose to europe so the(cid:455)"re working together. There is no fall of the east, rise together.
