HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Expansionism, Middle Ages, Khazars
13 Nov 2020
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Khazaria: moscow: threat by the tatars and kazan, which were pastoralist empires that needed raiding. In 1521: moscow was raided, with devastating effects, since then, russia as a highly centralized and militarised state emerged and expanded: many territories submitted to the tsar, as they faced the threat of islamic conquest. 1: global history is meta history, as according to gh history moves towards increasing connectivity and increasing wealth, as well as human webs developing and increasing complexity. Phases of the book: human apprenticeship 200,000 bce-12,000 bce pre history, the first world web 12,000 bce 3500 bce, the metropolitan web 3,500 bce 200 ce, old world web 200 1500 ce. Characteristics of webs: cooperation and competition, between and within societies. Internal and external dynamics: comparative advantage of production (mobility, inventions, organisation (framework with different levels, communication (language, linguistic exchange) 2: expansionism of the human web, are we all in one world web today, webs shape history.
