Chapter 12: The Worlds of the 15th Century
Paleolithic persistence: Australia and North America
In Australia, the Europeans arrived during the 18th century. The Australian people were known for mastering the environment, they came up with "firestick farming" which made it easier for them to hunt. In North America, the groups and tribes that formed were known as, Chinookan and Tulalip. They were thought of as affluent gathering hunting cultures.
Towards the 15th century, something interesting occurred. Large numbers of people contracted greatly as the Agricultural Revolution unfolded across the planet.
The Igbo and Iroquois agricultural villages arose. These villages were small and organized in terms of kingship relations. These societies were without oppressive political authority. The East Niger River in West Africa was where the Igbo people lived. Igbo people rejected kingship and state building. They traded cotton, fish, and copper among just themselves. The Iroquois civilization, on the other hand, was settled in what we now call NY. The 5 Iroquois speaking peoples where; Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, they made an agreement which is known as, "Great Law of Peace, the Five Nations."
The Ming Dynasty was also touched on in this chapter. The Ming Dynasty was from 1368-1645 and they promoted Confucian learning.
The Renaissance was a paralleled revival of all things in Confucian Ming Dynasty. The Renaissance culture reflected the urban bustle and commercial preoccupations of Italian cities.
Europe and the maritime expeditions 1415 (Portugal) and farther down the west coast of Africa. The major breakthroughs were also with Christopher Columbus funded by Spain and Portugal in 1492
The Aztec Empire stimulated the development of markets and the production of craft goods. Among the goods that pochteca obtained were; slaves, who were destined for sacrifice in bloody rituals so central to religious life. To the Aztec people, the sun was central to all life.
Modern Era = global empires, global economy, global cultural exchanges, global migrations, global diseases, and global wars have made the past 500 years a unique phase in human life and journey.
The take away with world history...scientific and industrial revolutions first took shape, when enormously powerful intellectual and economic consequences for the entire planet. Liberalism, nationalism, feminism, socialism all bore the imprint of their European origin.
Paleolithic persistence: Australia and North America
In Australia, the Europeans arrived during the 18th century. The Australian people were known for mastering the environment, they came up with "firestick farming" which made it easier for them to hunt. In North America, the groups and tribes that formed were known as, Chinookan and Tulalip. They were thought of as affluent gathering hunting cultures.
Towards the 15th century, something interesting occurred. Large numbers of people contracted greatly as the Agricultural Revolution unfolded across the planet.
The Igbo and Iroquois agricultural villages arose. These villages were small and organized in terms of kingship relations. These societies were without oppressive political authority. The East Niger River in West Africa was where the Igbo people lived. Igbo people rejected kingship and state building. They traded cotton, fish, and copper among just themselves. The Iroquois civilization, on the other hand, was settled in what we now call NY. The 5 Iroquois speaking peoples where; Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, they made an agreement which is known as, "Great Law of Peace, the Five Nations."
The Ming Dynasty was also touched on in this chapter. The Ming Dynasty was from 1368-1645 and they promoted Confucian learning.
The Renaissance was a paralleled revival of all things in Confucian Ming Dynasty. The Renaissance culture reflected the urban bustle and commercial preoccupations of Italian cities.
Europe and the maritime expeditions 1415 (Portugal) and farther down the west coast of Africa. The major breakthroughs were also with Christopher Columbus funded by Spain and Portugal in 1492
The Aztec Empire stimulated the development of markets and the production of craft goods. Among the goods that pochteca obtained were; slaves, who were destined for sacrifice in bloody rituals so central to religious life. To the Aztec people, the sun was central to all life.
Modern Era = global empires, global economy, global cultural exchanges, global migrations, global diseases, and global wars have made the past 500 years a unique phase in human life and journey.
The take away with world history...scientific and industrial revolutions first took shape, when enormously powerful intellectual and economic consequences for the entire planet. Liberalism, nationalism, feminism, socialism all bore the imprint of their European origin.
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