HIST104- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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Imperial expansion: europeans in caribbean, americas asia, africa: problems in africa and in asia, africa: disease environment. Problems in asia: strength of empires like the ming, the ottomans, the mughals. Chinese do not want to integrated with the european until they brought silver to china. Economic idea is known as mercantilism: finite supply of wealth, hold on to as much gold and silver as you can encourage exports, keep imports down. The colombian exchange: biological transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and peoples. Spanish conquered the philippines which they got their name from king philip. Slaves were part of the trade. (silver is the trading point between europeans and. From ming to qing (1640s) 1644 -1911: mediterranean trade, overland trade (the silk road, commodities: europe linen, silver, furs, and animal skins, wine, precious stones. Venetian trade with muslim states: ottoman empire (mohamed ii (r. 1451- 1481) conquest.
