The Early Modern Period Part IV 1450 1750

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The Early Modern Period Part IV 1450 -1750

The Early Modern Period Part IV 1450 -1750

Remember the Periods • • • 8, 000 B. C. E. -600 B. C.

Remember the Periods • • • 8, 000 B. C. E. -600 B. C. E. -600 C. E. -1450 -1750 -1914 -Present (Though in the future, they will, I predict, have a period 1914 -2001)

1450: A Turning Point • • No more Mongols No more Byzantines Rise of

1450: A Turning Point • • No more Mongols No more Byzantines Rise of Ming China Rise of Ottoman Empire Rise of Safavid Empire Rise of Mughal Empire Rise of the West (Portugal and Spain, England, France, Holland)

Why c. 1450? • New Stuff – New Technologies • Gunpowder Empires • Ships

Why c. 1450? • New Stuff – New Technologies • Gunpowder Empires • Ships and navigation • Printing Press – New Global Economy • Spanish reach the Americas (1492) • Portugal reaches India (1498) – New Biological Exchanges • Smallpox, Measles, etc. • Decline of Aztec and Inca • Still, some continuities… – Regional cultural patterns (e. g. Europe still Christian) – Gender relations (think patriarchy)

The World Economy Sterns, Chapter 16

The World Economy Sterns, Chapter 16

New Technologies Pave the Way • Western Europe most adept at assimilating others’ technologies

New Technologies Pave the Way • Western Europe most adept at assimilating others’ technologies and developing innovations. – New naval technologies – Improved cartography – Gunpowder

New Naval Technologies Ships have deeper drafts

New Naval Technologies Ships have deeper drafts

New Naval Technologies (cont. ) Round Hulls

New Naval Technologies (cont. ) Round Hulls

These Sails are So Tacky. . Er, Tacking

These Sails are So Tacky. . Er, Tacking

Other Technologies

Other Technologies

Iberians: First Out of the Gate

Iberians: First Out of the Gate

Reconquista

Reconquista

Portuguese Explorations

Portuguese Explorations

Span-nerds… I mean Spaniards

Span-nerds… I mean Spaniards

Wait a Second… I Thought The Vikings Discovered America… How did that turn out?

Wait a Second… I Thought The Vikings Discovered America… How did that turn out?

And They Did NOT Come Back

And They Did NOT Come Back

But After Columbus?

But After Columbus?

The Political Map Changes

The Political Map Changes

Even the Dutch?

Even the Dutch?

East India Companies

East India Companies

Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange

Controlling Commerce

Controlling Commerce

Lepanto

Lepanto

Shifting Trade Balances

Shifting Trade Balances

The Mercantilist Dilemma

The Mercantilist Dilemma

Mercantilist Solution

Mercantilist Solution

Core Nations v. Dependent Areas

Core Nations v. Dependent Areas

International Inequality

International Inequality

China and Japan in the World Economy

China and Japan in the World Economy

Relatively Unaffected Areas • Africa—except for slave trade • Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal—bypassed • Eastern

Relatively Unaffected Areas • Africa—except for slave trade • Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal—bypassed • Eastern Europe and Russia—agricultural, isolated, serfdom persisted

Expansion

Expansion

Conquistadores and New Spain

Conquistadores and New Spain

French North America

French North America

English Colonies

English Colonies

Seven Years War

Seven Years War

American Colonists • • • Religious Literate Independent-minded Influenced by European Enlightenment More concerned

American Colonists • • • Religious Literate Independent-minded Influenced by European Enlightenment More concerned for children than in Europe Jealous of Dependent Nation status…

African Colony (an exception)

African Colony (an exception)

Asian Colonies

Asian Colonies

Impact on Western Europe

Impact on Western Europe

Impact on the Rest of the World

Impact on the Rest of the World