HIST 1020 Midterm: HIST 1020 NOTES DAN CONE EXAM 1

• School: Auburn University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1020
• Professor: Dan Cone

Document Summary

Early modernity: pre-modern era- before 15th century ce, early modern era- 15th to 18th century ce. Work: predominately farming- subsistence, seasonal, limited mobility, limited knowledge. Energy: sources: sun, water, wind, fire/wood, human muscles, animal muscles, more physical labor= more resources, travel difficult/unsafe. Society: monarchy, despotism or plutocracy, (cid:862)g(cid:396)eat (cid:272)hai(cid:374) of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g(cid:863)- god > human society (king> clergy> nobility> people, men. >women, parents> children, old>young) > nature: religion- personal and political identity- the way people are organized has more to do with what they believe. Daily life: all about food, few calories- poor health and higher mortality, (cid:862)malthusia(cid:374) (cid:272)(cid:396)isis(cid:863) population grows, stalls, shrinks, starts over, little waste. Ming china (1368-1644) number 1: large empire, unified, productive, urbanizing, manufacturing, strong trade, currency, healthy, comfortable population. Things changing: population explosion (black death recovery) 3x as many people, old/new technologies (gunpowder, printing press, ocean-going ships, new afroeurasian trade networks, discovery of americas (land and resources, globalization)