GEOG 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mass Production
30 Jul 2020
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The role of early urbanization in the transformation of europe. Located along trade routes, europeans were exposed to new ideas, technologies, and institutions from southwest asia, india, and china. Europe"s urban areas established a pace of social and technological change that left the feudal rural areas far behind. With legal documents called town charters, people with few resources could protect their rights even if challenged by those who were more wealthy and powerful. Provided a basis for european notions of civil rights. A related outgrowth of urban europe was a philosophy known as humanism, which emphasizes the dignity and worth of the individual, regardless of wealth or social status. Protestant reformation headed by martin luther during the 1500s caused a division in the normal religious practices of the time: the holy catholic church. European colonialism: the founding and acceleration of globalization. Commerce and cultural exchange began a period of accelerated globalization that persists today.
