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1450-1750

1450-1750. Review. The Big Thematic picture. Theme 1- Interaction between humans and the environment Theme 2 Development and interaction of cultures Theme 3 State-building, expansion, and conflict Theme 4 Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems

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1450-1750

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  1. 1450-1750 Review

  2. The Big Thematic picture • Theme 1- Interaction between humans and the environment • Theme 2 Development and interaction of cultures • Theme 3 State-building, expansion, and conflict • Theme 4 Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems • Theme 5- Development and transformation of social structures

  3. Six things to Remember • Americas are included in world trade for the first time. • Improvements in shipping and gunpowder technology continues • Populations are in transition • New social structures emerge based on race and gender • Traditional beliefs are threatened in Europe but reinforced in China • Empires are both land-based and cross oceanic

  4. The Bookends • 1450- Beginning of European Atlantic empires • 1450-Beginning of Global trade • 1492- End of Islam in Europe • 1433- end of Chinese treasure ship expeditions • 1750- beginning of industrialization • 1750-western hemisphere colonization peaks

  5. Details- Going Global • Trade is extended through all parts of the world. • Europe finally gains access to Asian trade routes and attempts to control them through choke points- fail • Europe uses American raw materials- especially silver- to trade with Asia • Columbian Exchange

  6. Details- Technology • Spread of shipping technology to Europe as a result of the crusades and experiments by Henry the Navigator • Improvements in gunpowder technology- muskets and cannons.

  7. Details- Demography • Disease killed millions of native Americans • Africans were forcibly transported to the new world for work in plantation agriculture • Populations grew as new calorie-rich foods were brought from the new world • Populations migrated to harsher climates as food crops became available • Populations migrated from the old world to the new world

  8. Details- Social and Gender structures • Americas- Castas system • Muslim areas (Ottomans, Mughals) Women in the harems wielded considerable power behind the scenes • China- power struggle between the Eunuchs and the Scholar Gentry

  9. Details- Cultural and Intellectual Expressions • Europe- Renaissance and reformation reduces the power of the Catholic church and challenges old beliefs • China ends contact with the outside world as neo-Confucianism dominates.

  10. Details- Structure and Function of State • Empire remains the predominant political structure. It is a coercive tribute system • European states such as Spain and Portugal, but also France, England and the Dutch perfect overseas empires by claiming territory in the western hemisphere • Quing, Russia, Mughals, Ottomans and Safavids are powerful land-based empires.

  11. Trade- Can’t live without it! • Global trade is THE thing this time period! • Core-periphery theory: • Core states are manufacturing states. • Periphery states provide raw materials. • Semi-periphey supply both. • Three core zones: • China • India • West

  12. Changes and Continuities • Change: The Americas are added to world trade network • Change: Europe becomes a Maritime area • Continuity: Trade is really important • Continuity: Religions continue to adapt to new times, but very important • Continuity: Diffusion of ideas and diseases as people come into contact with each other.

  13. Want to Know more? • Princeton Review: Cracking the World History AP test • Kaplan: AP World History Make sure you get the 2006-2007 editions. Essays formats have changed!

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