GEOG 2200 Lecture 2: Week 2 Lecture 1 GEOG 2200 2012 Notes.docx
Document Summary
Week 2 lecture 1: the making of the modern world: connections through history. Geographies do not appear overnight; they reflect processes that take years, even centuries to unfold. It is very fair to argue that the present is produced out of the past. This network was provided some stability by flourishing centres of civilization. For example, straddling the centre of this network were the caliphates residing in damascus and bagdad, who guaranteed safe passage between the two worlds of the mediterranean and indian. For 2000 years, the silk road formed the primary artery of. Eurasian trade, linking ports, trading cities, oases and hundreds of cultures: europe benefitted greatly from this flow. From china came jade, paper, the compass, gunpowder, printing, porcelain, lacquer ware, silk, pearls, peaches, apricots, citrus fruits, and almonds. We all are connected through history: as individuals, as communities, as nations. We all have connections to other parts of the world through: migration, empires; and, emigration.
