HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Microhistory, Macrohistory, Eurocentrism

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Hist 122: week 10 lecture notes (nov 15, 2017) Silver trade and chartered companies (we are the world now) Macrohistory and microhistory: primary difference = questions they ask, scale of inquiry is different, not about which is better , simply different, both have limitations, together, help create good history. China: yong le and chinese expedition, first expedition in 1405 led by zheng he, travelled to indonesian archipelago, champa, java, sumatra, malacca, ceylon, Calicut: abruptly stops in 1433, chinese political consolidation and establishment of tribute relation, europe was fragmented with no dominating center. Manila founded in 1571: significance of manila, manila galleons, what was the money that exchanged from west to east, how did the silver trade contribute to atlantic slavery. Global view: what does the silver trade say about the role of europe, why was seville the outpost and not the center of the silver trade.

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