HIST 1007 Lecture : HIST 1007 Semester Notes 1
Document Summary
World history after 1500: world history, plagues, warfare, technology, cultural exchange, migration, religion, empires, trade, 1500"s- many empires expanding. West would become dominant: background: eurasia, the mongols and their impact (1200s)- much of eurasia is unified by the mongols. Started by yellow river nearly 2000 years ago. Land was flat and then moved towards the yangtze river. Its population density was much the same, but the people were compressed because of the small land and so not much wealth. No land for cattle or farming: china was all about contributing to the whole, not for the individual. It is not part of their heritage to have basic rights. The art reflects this by showing the landscape as a greater priority rather than people: government, emperor- the mandate of heaven, considered to be a sort of divine figure (god on earth).
