HIST103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Islamic Golden Age, Abbasid Caliphate, Gunpowder Empires
24 Sep 2017
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History of warfare : trade and holy war, origins of war, aggression in homo sapiens. Europe became a market to sell high, china became a market to buy cheap. Europe is primary market they"re trying to take advantage of. Growth of baghdad, damascus, cairo, rome, constantinople. Culture and arts flourish in these cities. Mamluk caliphate (1250-1517) - centered on cairo. Push islamic forces back over into africa. Plan to control the trade routes to gain those commodities for spain. Ferdinand and isabella work with christopher columbus . Ends with intense fighting and leaves char and ash across european landscape. North america would emerge into it"s golden age. Group of portuguese families that made sure the land holdings stayed within their families and heirs. Created a whole spanish empire in america. Had horses, brought iron technology, brought a set of diseases that the spanish picked up years earlier when human beings first started living in close proximity to domesticated animals.
