GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Protestantism, Hard Power
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Feudal system in europe during the dark ages. In other parts of the world empires were still continuing. While the roman empire had fallen, asia and the middle east had several empires prevalent throughout. Colonialism in europe- foreign rule thats either direct and indirect. This is the difference between colonialism and imperialism. Imperialism seems like an invisible kind of rule. Imperialism is alive but colonialism is mostly dead. French exploited the division between ethnic groups which still existed even after they left. The relationship between the colonies and metropole is based on power (subjugation, dominance). After the collapse of the roman empire and the dark ages there was the protestant movement which also let catholics and protestants to live in close proximity. This often led to bloody religious wars where religious minorities would be targeted by the religious majorities. Then, the leaders of europe came together to sign the treaty of westphalia in.
