HIST 106 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Early Modern Period, China, Asia
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The world in 1450; why start in 1450. I(cid:271)eria, australia, ar(cid:272)ti(cid:272) : paleolithic societies, gathering and hunting, environment w sufficient resources, did(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)e far(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)(cid:272) the(cid:455) had e(cid:374)ough resour(cid:272)es, did manipulate environment and traded, lived in permanent or semi-permanent settlements, variation culturally and socially. West afri(cid:272)a : songhay empire: islamic state, timbuktu: great city in west africa, fulbe, pastoral peoples, grow animals, not crops. Igbo, agricultural: these groups of people share resources. City-centered, state-(cid:271)ased so(cid:272)ieties : majorit(cid:455) of (cid:449)orld"s populatio(cid:374, agri(cid:272)ultural, earl(cid:455) (cid:862)i(cid:374)dustr(cid:455)(cid:863, growing bureaucracies (tax collection and legal structures, recognizable culture. Local identity: people do(cid:374)"t asso(cid:272)iate the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es (cid:449) religio(cid:374), la(cid:374)guage, or (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455, rather they associate themselves w family names or cities. Empires in americas: aztec in central america (mexico, unstable, conquest state, 5-6 million people, you are part of us or you die, sun-centered religion, human sacrifice, agricultural and trade economy.
