INTA 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: European Balance Of Power, Byzantine Empire, Scientific Method
12 Feb 2013
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Beginning around the 1800"s (with the industrial revolution) human population took off: urbanization, most of the population growth occurred in undeveloped countries as opposed to. Industrialization: rationalization reliance on the scientific method has led to massive progress, political secularization separation of church and state, market economics trade with other nations, urbanization people moving into cities. State sovereignty: sovereignty means to have political control over a piece of land. Globalization (how soccer explains the world: communication has become easier, time and distance is no longer a concern, globalizing market economy is accessible to the world over. Europe had a massive colonization influence on the world. Europe"s state system was extended to the entire world the effects are still felt today. Greek city state system (hellas: 500 bce 100 bce, alexander the great. In the year 500, roman empire splits into two. Byzantine empire: 306-1453, rose out of the ashes of the roman empire, charlemagne consolidated much of western europe.
