ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pax Mongolica, Yuan Dynasty, Smallpox
6 Dec 2016
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Christopher columbus" first landing in the americas in 1492. Something about the european was superior; society, structure, culture. The slave trade auguste francois biard, 1840: as a necessity enslaved massive numbers of african human beings, slavery helps create racism. Dr. samuel cartwright: science rallied the idea of racism, respected men, drapetomania: disorder causing enslaved human beings to run away from human enslavement, dysaethesia aethipica. Mankind journal tries to use science to prove slavery is okay. Therefore, didn"t have access to gunpowder: compass and mechanical clock, ottoman empire, broke western part of silk road off. European cut off to all luxury goods: pepper ran out, leather, silk, exotic goods from east caused the. Europeans to explore to find these things therefore causing them to find the americas. Paper played huge role, made wide spread, to produce maps and narratives: made for repeated visits, chinese made paper, europeans made press for paper and then distributed paper.
