HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Age Of Enlightenment, Evangelicalism, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
14 Mar 2013
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Eighteenth - century imperialism 1700 ce to 1800 ce. North america 2. 5 million people (10 times more) Guangzhou one of the biggest cities at this time. Monocultures was one of the reasons that brought this population boom. However, this was risky because if you lose one crop, you re in risk of starvation. Urbanization at this time created poor health at city. Typhus, cholera were typical common diseases because of water in the city got mixed up with sewage water. However, science and healthcare were developing fast at this time. 2 big diseases were stopped: small pox and scurvy. 1740 - 1744. (george anson led a naval expedition with 1900 people and 1400 people died to scurvy. ) The treatment is to use lime and orange. Some other diseases: yellow fever, cholera, and malaria. Took over bengal at 1756 with 1000 people. Ottoman empire at this time stopped expanding and on a decline.
