HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Olive Oil, Zoroaster, Pax Mongolica
18 Sep 2017
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Axial age : controversial topic, jaspers, 500bc and three centuries in either direction (800bc backwards, 200bc forwards) - most important philosophical moments. Us : thought gets more reflexive, meanings of existence, getting into our heads . Intellectual: responsibility to extremes, non-harm (ahimsa), buddha, mahavira, ashoka *** Institutional: scriptures, canon (text that has authority), canon is deep (has meaning), wide (any question can be answered), moral (everything about it is good), canon is consistent (no contradictions) Chinese empire (qin and han) > roman empire works too, 3rd century bc, west, conquers the east and turns the east into a bureaucracy, 4. 5 million square km. 3 solutions: infantry (foot soldiers), roads and walls, cultural solidarity. Roman exports: olive oil, wine and precious metals. Roman empire continuing past g-boom #1 (byzantine): population of approx 25 million people, and a revenue of approx 30 units. People moving to china in g-boom #2, missionaries, merchants, princes, soldiers, entertainers, artisans, students etc.
