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The Age of Global Interaction 1450-1750

The Age of Global Interaction 1450-1750. The BIG PICTURE Questions. How can you explain the timing and extent of European predominance in this period? How does the world economic system compare with patterns in previous periods? How do the coercive labor systems around the world compare?.

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The Age of Global Interaction 1450-1750

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  1. The Age of Global Interaction 1450-1750

  2. The BIG PICTURE Questions • How can you explain the timing and extent of European predominance in this period? • How does the world economic system compare with patterns in previous periods? • How do the coercive labor systems around the world compare?

  3. “Nature’s Inequalities”Discuss the following questions with your table partners • What is moral geography and is it a valid science? • What direct effects does the author lost as most crucial to the development of civilizations?

  4. Early Modern or Global Interaction? • What label fits the best? Why? • Why this periodization?

  5. Highlights • New power alignments • New world economy • Inclusion of the Americas • Disease patterns change

  6. Key Developments • Rise of W. Europe • International contact intensifies • Impact of the Americas • Technology • Trade

  7. By region • W. Europe—the pioneers • E. Europe—huge land empires • Asia—Largely independent • Africa—slave trade impacts the economy • Latin America--colonization

  8. By Topic • Demography: disease, migration then growth

  9. Politics: greater coherence & strength; unevenness

  10. Culture: massive change, but not universal

  11. Gender: greater disparity

  12. Conclusions • Some will rise; some will fall • The “World Economy” impacts a LOT! • New patterns • Change vs. tradition

  13. The BIG PICTURE Questions • How can you explain the timing and extent of European predominance in this period? • How does the world economic system compare with patterns in previous periods? • How do the coercive labor systems around the world compare?

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