HI 233 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - World War I, Russian Empire, Imperialism
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Were the political organization of the asian world. Covered russia, china, india, persia, and turkey. The world was connected through early trade routes. Asia was the economic center capital was moving mainly towards asia. Western europe was isolated and small, so they needed the goods empires asia provided. Europe did not have much to offer countries like china and india and had to find a way to trade. This leads to the discovery of america. Key idea: from the 1500"s and on, it was the first time the world was integrated and connected (with the exception of areas like australia) Columbus thought he could find new trading routes by traveling west, but there was a land mass. Found the inca and aztec empires living there. The new world became part of the economy in result of this discovery. Became what europe had to offer asia. People travelled, goods travelled, and germs travelled.
