HIS 106 Lecture 3: Lecture 3rd Week Monday 19th
12 Oct 2017
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Gunpowder age (emergence of firepower: european expansion and technological determinsim, european expansion and technological determinism, european expansion and regional comparison, the conquest of mexico. European expansion, 1500-1800: several european countries spread their political and economic influence across the world in the early modern period, that expansion varied a great deal regionally. It is often assumed that technological superiority was the major reason for this expansion, and that the gun was especially important. The world"s continents: diseases that existed in one part of the world, did not exist in other parts of the world. Immune systems vary due to being used to a certain biological exchange that habits in their natural habitat. Euro-asia: the major key to explore was to do trades, in order to become rich with luxurious items. Challenging technological determinism: zheng he had a ship that was 140 meters long (1431) compared to colombus" santa.
