HIST 302- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 109 pages long!)
13 Oct 2017
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Terms: cutty sark (=british clipper ship), shanghai, fuzhou, suez, shandong, Singapore, canton, ghent, westpahlia, ottoman, hanseatic, mughal, qing, Voluntary conferences; 2 weeks from now; make sure to register. Themes and topics: 4 global wars (span on several continents): 1756-63 seven years" war; 1792- Travel dependent on seasons because of wind change. Innovation: sailboats could zig-zag against the wind (instead of with it- but v. laborious) L-> long and big = hard to enter harbors so had to load and unload unto smaller boats. L-> can navigate in shallow water + go up-river. Check slide 5 for details: sailing time decreases rapidly. - > paddle wheel even better (then propeller even faster) Communication: letter exchange between pope and monks in shandong, china: 1 year or more. 1870: letter from london to hong kong: around 3 months. June 1871: telegram from london to hong kong: around 1 day, but very expensive. Today: internet: almost instantly (uses submarine cables!) and almost free.
