The Origins of the Modern World Flashcards
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| 934740256 | exploitation | the rise of west and capitalism | |
| 934740257 | contingency | other development had to happen in the world for europe to rise | |
| 934740258 | problems with europe | disease, crop, famine, war (christendom) | |
| 934740259 | middle aged wealth | power and land | |
| 934740260 | our world | social, economic and political structure. | |
| 934740261 | material world | restricted lives | |
| 934740262 | trading world | connected the old world | |
| 934740263 | the weight of numbers | populations has been growing over times, dips are rare but sharp. | |
| 934740264 | the agricultural revolution | grow their own food in place. | |
| 934740265 | agricultural surplus | rise of people who didn't have to grow their own food | |
| 934740266 | famine | often a social not natural phenomenom | |
| 934740267 | humanism | the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason | |
| 934740268 | zheng he | emperor of CHina | |
| 934740269 | Henry of Avis (the navigator) | tried to go around cape of good hope, didn't make it all the way there | |
| 934740270 | vasco de gama | rounded cape of good hope |