HIST 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Early Modern Europe, Social Polarization, Civitas

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Europe sees itself as a harmonious place home to liberty & of true government . Why is this the case: there were never clearly defined borders b/w nations; limits of the outer nations were unknown. Europe was a vast area of nations not a distinct area (maps show you who you are not where: identify and explain the historical significance of the images on pp. 20: page 17, an italian from europe has arrived in america to find a cannibalistic, uneducated, uncivilized, simple, primal form of man. He brings both the introduction of technology & religion as well as weapons. The land is undisturbed in terms of industry & infrastructure. The people are natives, living off the land, among animals, unclothed. Europe was & why europeans believed they were the best (know/have most: page 20, europe- the most important/center of world; symbolized by a queen representing righteousness, power, influence, prestige, sense that they"re superior.

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