HISTORY 21B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ming Dynasty, Mongol Invasions And Conquests, Fronde
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These are all questions we can ask. How did we get to where we are. And my favorite what the hell was he doing there? . 1650 was the middle of a global crisis that saw the end of the ming dynasty in china, the. English revolution, the fronde in france, the overthrow of shah jahan. 1648 was the date of the peace of westphalia, which has been understood (perhaps inaccurately) as the beginning of the modern state system. 1869 saw the opening of the suez canal, which, with the intercontinental railroad and the. Panama canal, altered the nature of global space. 1871 was the date of both the paris commune and the declaration of the german empire. No channels of contact between the old world or afroeurasia and the new world of the americans. Were these isolated worlds or intensely interactive ones. Can we see multiple overlapping worlds coming into greater contact over this period.
