CAS HI 176 Lecture 1: HI 176: Overview of Global Empires
7 Sep 2016
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Age of global interaction rapid demographic changes after the 18th century. 6. 0 bil contributing factors to the rise of population: Important so that farms could sell products in markets; agricultural products will rot on the shelves if they are not sold right away. Advent of modern world political economy before the 17th century, the economic world was divided into fairly developed zones: the mediterranean zone, which includes. Ottoman empire (15th century - 20th century) Includes the russian empire because the country made big efforts to get involved in the black sea, red sea the eastern-south asian zone. Territorial expansion as the mongolian empire declined. Ivan the great (r. 1462-1505) declared moscow the third rome . The second rome was in constantinople, the capital of byzantine. One of the first leaders that pushed for very rapid expansion. Not to be confused with ivan the terrible (r. 1547-84) 3 muslim empires experiencing military, economic decline by 1700.
