HIST1077 Lecture 4: HIST107701 (9-9-2015)
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Someone ripped up piri reis"s map, but he might not have cared. A. considering the ottoman empire as a singular entity: european expansion. B. 2. european expansion was really occurring in the southern coast of europe not all of. B. 2. c) italy, aragon, portugal, geneva a lot of the european exploring empires are bordering islamic states, borders the navally competent: compared to europe (christendom) C. 3. a) cairo - 600,000 (1300) (c. 3. a. 1) largest world city outside of china. C. 4. c) more sophistical legal ramifications to allow people to trade strong institutions to borrow money to make money. Strong spice trade with asia and the mediterranean (c. 4. c. 1) (c. 4. c. 2) spices are highly valued commodities transportation is hard and expensive therefore only items that are worth enough to make money with the whole trip. Political development of the islamic world: three muslim empires (1500s) B. 1. huge with shifting boundaries: comparison to europe. C. 1. in europe we talked about feudalism - small groups of peasants working on the land.
