HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Moodle, Heredity, Wild Beasts
9 Jan 2013
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Readings will be sent by email/ on moodle by 5pm tonight. Period where western world looks upon itself, conscious consideration of itself, think of themselves/break from rest of the world. No conception of universal time- minutes are not counted- life is considered a cycle of life to death, everything happens at the same time each year (holidays, religious practices, etc. ) Newspapers are beginning to spread wide production. Average person can only inhabit a small area, neighbouring city as far as you could travel. Monarchy run by families that were centralized/ close with the ruling family, the better claimed by sovereignty and or heredity relationship you had with the ruling family the higher you were in society. 1789 european leaders are well connected with each other, travel between each other, learn the other languages of the rulers, married their children to each other.
