1) The document discusses chapters from a book about the origins of modern globalization. It analyzes the world pre-1800 as polycentric with many centers of power, which changed due to 18th century European imperialism that resulted in colonization.
2) It examines the spread of Islam and its significance in creating common culture and cutting Europe off from trade routes, contributing to Europe's "dark ages." Warfare in Europe from 1000-1500 drove the development of territorial-based nation-states with populations large enough to sustain armies.
3) The slave trade allowed the sugar economy to develop and spread, fueling the growth of European empires and the nation-state system in the 1500-1800 period
Stacey
1 posts
Re:Topic 2 DQ 2
· Treaty of Westphalia, Colonialism, Independence; The Germinal Phase
· The Silk Road Into the Middle Ages; Early Waves of Economic Globalization
· Seed of the Global Economy; The Colonial Wave
The Treaty of Westphalia started a wave of global governance for the treaties, leaving the religious powers of authority. ""Religious and political freedoms from empire were established, not for individuals, but for nations" (Chirico, 2014). This was the starting of sovereignty, states were able to govern themselves from religious authorities. At this time colonization started when Europe started to make boundaries on their land to show the domination of power to which land. Americans developed the land of their own creating Independence in the democratic republic that had branches of government based on the Constitution that we still impose today. This separated us from the European nation but alienated the Native Americans with treaties that justified the taking. England negotiated with the Native Americans but always had the upper hand in the negotiation, leaving them landless and resource less. Even though our separation from Europe, it seems that it was about who had power over what land, this is where we are today. Even though the United States became independent, many of the protests were violent while others were not. The colonization created severe inequality tensions, neglected education attainment, religious tensions, again unprepared as Giddens stated for the prosperity of Democratic government.
Shelly
1 posts
Re:Topic 2 DQ 2
Hi class,
Waves of globalization are as follows:
1. Waves of Nationhood the Germinal Phase: The Treaty of Westphalia and the Principle of Sovereignty
2. Early Waves of Economic Globalization: The Silk Road into the Middle Ages
3. The Colonial Wave: Planting the Seed of the Global Economy, 1500s to 1860s
The Colonial Wave:
According to the book, the Colonial Wave was extremely influential. Overall, it dealt with “the respect to the economy, the capitalist economy began its global expansion in this era. With respect to culture, the era spread both enlightenment ideals and rational thought” (Chirico, 2014). While societies were restructured, they were also able to create and obtain more resources (i.e. land). As the colonial wave developed, so did the population of people in territories and the land that was used because more in demand. As the Industrial Revolution began, an increase in the trading of resources, like slaves, also became prominent. This way land owners were able to produce more product and gain more money. However, with the growth and lack of land because of it, there was a problem with equality and a halt was put on economic growth. The economy started to become more complex and the “success of former colonies were complex and involved in economics, cultural, and political dynamics, along with population growth and density, international relations, pr.
Readings Read A Sample Student Argument about Literature.docxsedgar5
Readings:
Read A Sample Student Argument about Literature: Ann Schumwalt’s “The Mother’s Mixed Messages in ‘Girl’” pages 57-60.
Read John Updike’s “A&P”, pages 383-88.
Read William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” pgs. 403-10.
Read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” pgs.591-96.
Bookwork:
+Answer the following question: What is the main idea of Ann Schumwalt’s “The Mother’s Mixed Messages in ‘Girl’”? Answer the question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 2 on page 388 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 5 on page 410 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 3 on page 597 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
Instruction
Each answer to the questions above should be at least one paragraph long, (4-7 sentences or longer.) Make sure to organize the questions by author, story title, and question number(s). Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
Assignment
(3-4 pages + references)
During the first unit we looked at the rise and fall of political ideologies, strategies for economic development, the growing influence of multinational corporations, advances in technology, and the trend toward liberal free-market globalization. Of all of these factors, which do you feel, for better or for worse, has had the biggest impact on humanity over the last century? Why?
Text/Readings
This is a list of texts or references that may be used
· “Globalization and its Critics,” The Economist Magazine, September 27, 2001.
· “Three Cheers for Global Capitalism,” John Norberg, The American Enterprise, June 2004.
· The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, Simon and Schuster Press, 2002.
· Chapter 13, “The Age of Globalization”
· Chapter 14, “The Balance of Confidence,”
· Free Trade Under Fire by Douglas Irwin, Princeton University Press, 2003.
· Chapter 1, “The United States in a New Global Economy?”
· Real World Globalization, 8th Ed., edited by the Dollars and Sense Collective, 2004
· Chapter 1, Article 1, “A Short History of Neoliberalism.”
· Chapter 1, Article 2, “Know-Nothings and Know-It-Alls: What’s Wrong with the Hype of Globalization.”
· Chapter 4, Article 16, “The ABC’s of the Global Economy.”
Historical And Contemporary Overview Of Globalization
Introduction
Although “globalization” became the mot du jour to explain changes in the world economy in the late 1990s, today its meaning is still not very clear. People associate globalization with increased trade, financial volatility, business growth, lower commodity prices, cross-cultural conflict, multinational outsourcing, developing-world poverty (or progress), environmental degradation, speed-up in all aspects of life, and terrorism, among other things. Some of.
Europe in AsiaGunpowder, expansion and state consolidation in .docxhumphrieskalyn
Europe in Asia
Gunpowder, expansion and state consolidation in a world of limited good
Topics
European Overseas Expansion
State consolidation
The Gunpowder Revolution
Mercantilism: The policy of imperial expansion and state consolidation in a world of limited good
Southwest Asia
European Exploration as Desperation
Cut off from access to main trade centers.
Even before cut off, access difficult and expensive.
Access connected to European state formation/consolidation
Henry the Navigator
Connecting through N. Africa
Finding Prester John
Portuguese Exploration
European Entry into Indian Ocean and End of Polycentrism
Reconquista in Spain (unification of Iberian peninnsula by kicking out Muslims and Jews)
State building
Gunpowder (shift in military technology)
Different attitude to property (concept of private property based on application of labor: labor theory of value)
Different attitude toward trade; modeled on practices of Italian city-states in Mediterranean, which extended practice of control over trade in ports (common throughout the world) to shipping lanes.
Running a protection racket along shipping routes like modern day pirates)
As such, brought different attitude to trade into the largely self-regulating, polycentric system of Indian Ocean basin
Armed trade
Beginning of end of polycentrism in global economy
Europeans arrived and did not find this
China as the big player in all of this, the driver of global trade
Voyages of Admiral Zheng He, 1405-1433
Specifically charged w/ encouraging trade after collapse of Mongol empire, years of Chinese isolation and earlier policies (and lack of silver) led to collapse of trade and Chinese currency
And then, as suddenly as they appeared, the Chinese were gone
By beginning of 16th c., everyone wants in on the action
The Emergence of the Modern State, c. 1500-1700 as means to achieve this
What do we mean by “modern” or “nation” in this context?
What factors contributed to consolidation of political authority in centralized states?
Gunpowder
What policies sustained consolidated states?
Revenue, recruits and labor
All had to be extracted from a world of limited good
What do we mean by “modern” state?
Modern:
Centrally administered states that can extend their authority throughout territory (more or less)
Nation?
yes and no
although rhetoric was there, much still missing, such as homogenous print culture and internal markets
New types of identities
Medieval “local” erodes further, even for rural inhabitants
Social estate (more caste than class) still important, but “subject” of a particular ruler becoming more prevalent among population
But remember…
“I’m not dead yet!”
Empire as a form of political organization still viable, vibrant and, in many ways, victorious (made it to 20th Century):
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Qing Dynasty
11
Two Tracks for State Development
Both claimed to benefit the commonweal/the common good
Limitation of monarchy by law and representa.
Economics 463 Economic Development Before 1900 Fall 2015Prof. .docxjack60216
Economics 463 Economic Development Before 1900 Fall 2015
Prof. Christopher Clague Nasatir 318
Phone 594-5503 Home Phone (858) 412-3251 (not after 9PM, please!)
Office Hours: MWF 10-10:45 and by appointment
Email: [email protected]
Required texts (all are paperback; used books may be available at lower prices)
1. David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, 1998, W. W. Norton ($17)
2. Robert C. Allen, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, 2009, Cambridge University Press ($28)
3. Robert B. Marks, The Origins of the Modern World: Fate and Fortune in the Rise of the West ($27) Roman and Littlefield, 3rd edition, paperback
4. Reader contains exercises, sources for paper topics, and the following articles:
a. Timor Kuran, “Why the Middle East is Economically Underdeveloped,” JEP, 2004
b. Kenneth Sokoloff and Stanley Engerman, “History Lessons: Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World,” (JEP, 2000)
The following articles are posted on Blackboard
c. Elinor Ostrom, “Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms,” (JEP, 2000)
d. Eric Chaney, “Separation of powers and the medieval roots of the institutional divergence between the Middle East and Europe.” (2011)
Grading
Test 1 25%
Test 2 25%
Homework and Quizzes 25%
Optional Paper (+) up to 5%
Final exam 25%
Students may add up to 5 percentage points to their overall grade by writing a paper on a topic approved by the instructor. The Course Reader contains a list of reading suggestions for paper topics. You are not limited to these topics. The paper must address a well-defined question and must make use of reasoning related to course material. To write a paper, you must hand in a sheet of paper describing the topic and listing at least a couple of sources. The topic sheet is due by November 20 and the paper itself is due by December 4. Earlier submissions are welcome, and they will increase the opportunity for my comments on your paper. The paper should be about 8 double-spaced pages and must be no longer than 15 pages. The paper should contain a list of sources at the end. The body of the paper should contain specific references to these sources.
Students who have written a paper, have completed all the assignments in the course, and have B+ or better going into the final do not need to take the final exam.
Date
Topics
Reading
Aug 24-28
The Rise of the West; the World in 1400
Game Theory: Assurance Game
Marks, Intro, Chaps 1, 2
Aug 31-Sept 4
Europe and China in pre-modern period
Marks, Chap 3
Landes, Chap 1,2
Ex1 Assurance
Ex2 Speciali-
zation
Sept 9-11
European Exceptionalism; Technological Change in Middle Ages; Europe, China, and Islamic World
Game Theory: PD Game
Malthus, Population
Landes, Chap 3-4
*Chaney, Middle East and Europe on BB
Ex3 Empires, States, Trade
Ex4 PD game
Sept 14-18
Age of Discovery 1500-1750
Landes, Chap 6
Ex5,5a Malthus
Sept 21-23
Dutch Golden Age
European ...
This presentation is a student-teacher created slide show to accompany Ch. 5 from the textbook Exploring Globalization (Gardner & Lavold, 2007, McGraw-Hill Ryerson).
Stacey
1 posts
Re:Topic 2 DQ 2
· Treaty of Westphalia, Colonialism, Independence; The Germinal Phase
· The Silk Road Into the Middle Ages; Early Waves of Economic Globalization
· Seed of the Global Economy; The Colonial Wave
The Treaty of Westphalia started a wave of global governance for the treaties, leaving the religious powers of authority. ""Religious and political freedoms from empire were established, not for individuals, but for nations" (Chirico, 2014). This was the starting of sovereignty, states were able to govern themselves from religious authorities. At this time colonization started when Europe started to make boundaries on their land to show the domination of power to which land. Americans developed the land of their own creating Independence in the democratic republic that had branches of government based on the Constitution that we still impose today. This separated us from the European nation but alienated the Native Americans with treaties that justified the taking. England negotiated with the Native Americans but always had the upper hand in the negotiation, leaving them landless and resource less. Even though our separation from Europe, it seems that it was about who had power over what land, this is where we are today. Even though the United States became independent, many of the protests were violent while others were not. The colonization created severe inequality tensions, neglected education attainment, religious tensions, again unprepared as Giddens stated for the prosperity of Democratic government.
Shelly
1 posts
Re:Topic 2 DQ 2
Hi class,
Waves of globalization are as follows:
1. Waves of Nationhood the Germinal Phase: The Treaty of Westphalia and the Principle of Sovereignty
2. Early Waves of Economic Globalization: The Silk Road into the Middle Ages
3. The Colonial Wave: Planting the Seed of the Global Economy, 1500s to 1860s
The Colonial Wave:
According to the book, the Colonial Wave was extremely influential. Overall, it dealt with “the respect to the economy, the capitalist economy began its global expansion in this era. With respect to culture, the era spread both enlightenment ideals and rational thought” (Chirico, 2014). While societies were restructured, they were also able to create and obtain more resources (i.e. land). As the colonial wave developed, so did the population of people in territories and the land that was used because more in demand. As the Industrial Revolution began, an increase in the trading of resources, like slaves, also became prominent. This way land owners were able to produce more product and gain more money. However, with the growth and lack of land because of it, there was a problem with equality and a halt was put on economic growth. The economy started to become more complex and the “success of former colonies were complex and involved in economics, cultural, and political dynamics, along with population growth and density, international relations, pr.
Readings Read A Sample Student Argument about Literature.docxsedgar5
Readings:
Read A Sample Student Argument about Literature: Ann Schumwalt’s “The Mother’s Mixed Messages in ‘Girl’” pages 57-60.
Read John Updike’s “A&P”, pages 383-88.
Read William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” pgs. 403-10.
Read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” pgs.591-96.
Bookwork:
+Answer the following question: What is the main idea of Ann Schumwalt’s “The Mother’s Mixed Messages in ‘Girl’”? Answer the question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 2 on page 388 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 5 on page 410 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
+Answer question 3 on page 597 from the “Thinking About the Text” section. Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
Instruction
Each answer to the questions above should be at least one paragraph long, (4-7 sentences or longer.) Make sure to organize the questions by author, story title, and question number(s). Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
Assignment
(3-4 pages + references)
During the first unit we looked at the rise and fall of political ideologies, strategies for economic development, the growing influence of multinational corporations, advances in technology, and the trend toward liberal free-market globalization. Of all of these factors, which do you feel, for better or for worse, has had the biggest impact on humanity over the last century? Why?
Text/Readings
This is a list of texts or references that may be used
· “Globalization and its Critics,” The Economist Magazine, September 27, 2001.
· “Three Cheers for Global Capitalism,” John Norberg, The American Enterprise, June 2004.
· The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, Simon and Schuster Press, 2002.
· Chapter 13, “The Age of Globalization”
· Chapter 14, “The Balance of Confidence,”
· Free Trade Under Fire by Douglas Irwin, Princeton University Press, 2003.
· Chapter 1, “The United States in a New Global Economy?”
· Real World Globalization, 8th Ed., edited by the Dollars and Sense Collective, 2004
· Chapter 1, Article 1, “A Short History of Neoliberalism.”
· Chapter 1, Article 2, “Know-Nothings and Know-It-Alls: What’s Wrong with the Hype of Globalization.”
· Chapter 4, Article 16, “The ABC’s of the Global Economy.”
Historical And Contemporary Overview Of Globalization
Introduction
Although “globalization” became the mot du jour to explain changes in the world economy in the late 1990s, today its meaning is still not very clear. People associate globalization with increased trade, financial volatility, business growth, lower commodity prices, cross-cultural conflict, multinational outsourcing, developing-world poverty (or progress), environmental degradation, speed-up in all aspects of life, and terrorism, among other things. Some of.
Europe in AsiaGunpowder, expansion and state consolidation in .docxhumphrieskalyn
Europe in Asia
Gunpowder, expansion and state consolidation in a world of limited good
Topics
European Overseas Expansion
State consolidation
The Gunpowder Revolution
Mercantilism: The policy of imperial expansion and state consolidation in a world of limited good
Southwest Asia
European Exploration as Desperation
Cut off from access to main trade centers.
Even before cut off, access difficult and expensive.
Access connected to European state formation/consolidation
Henry the Navigator
Connecting through N. Africa
Finding Prester John
Portuguese Exploration
European Entry into Indian Ocean and End of Polycentrism
Reconquista in Spain (unification of Iberian peninnsula by kicking out Muslims and Jews)
State building
Gunpowder (shift in military technology)
Different attitude to property (concept of private property based on application of labor: labor theory of value)
Different attitude toward trade; modeled on practices of Italian city-states in Mediterranean, which extended practice of control over trade in ports (common throughout the world) to shipping lanes.
Running a protection racket along shipping routes like modern day pirates)
As such, brought different attitude to trade into the largely self-regulating, polycentric system of Indian Ocean basin
Armed trade
Beginning of end of polycentrism in global economy
Europeans arrived and did not find this
China as the big player in all of this, the driver of global trade
Voyages of Admiral Zheng He, 1405-1433
Specifically charged w/ encouraging trade after collapse of Mongol empire, years of Chinese isolation and earlier policies (and lack of silver) led to collapse of trade and Chinese currency
And then, as suddenly as they appeared, the Chinese were gone
By beginning of 16th c., everyone wants in on the action
The Emergence of the Modern State, c. 1500-1700 as means to achieve this
What do we mean by “modern” or “nation” in this context?
What factors contributed to consolidation of political authority in centralized states?
Gunpowder
What policies sustained consolidated states?
Revenue, recruits and labor
All had to be extracted from a world of limited good
What do we mean by “modern” state?
Modern:
Centrally administered states that can extend their authority throughout territory (more or less)
Nation?
yes and no
although rhetoric was there, much still missing, such as homogenous print culture and internal markets
New types of identities
Medieval “local” erodes further, even for rural inhabitants
Social estate (more caste than class) still important, but “subject” of a particular ruler becoming more prevalent among population
But remember…
“I’m not dead yet!”
Empire as a form of political organization still viable, vibrant and, in many ways, victorious (made it to 20th Century):
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Qing Dynasty
11
Two Tracks for State Development
Both claimed to benefit the commonweal/the common good
Limitation of monarchy by law and representa.
Economics 463 Economic Development Before 1900 Fall 2015Prof. .docxjack60216
Economics 463 Economic Development Before 1900 Fall 2015
Prof. Christopher Clague Nasatir 318
Phone 594-5503 Home Phone (858) 412-3251 (not after 9PM, please!)
Office Hours: MWF 10-10:45 and by appointment
Email: [email protected]
Required texts (all are paperback; used books may be available at lower prices)
1. David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, 1998, W. W. Norton ($17)
2. Robert C. Allen, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, 2009, Cambridge University Press ($28)
3. Robert B. Marks, The Origins of the Modern World: Fate and Fortune in the Rise of the West ($27) Roman and Littlefield, 3rd edition, paperback
4. Reader contains exercises, sources for paper topics, and the following articles:
a. Timor Kuran, “Why the Middle East is Economically Underdeveloped,” JEP, 2004
b. Kenneth Sokoloff and Stanley Engerman, “History Lessons: Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World,” (JEP, 2000)
The following articles are posted on Blackboard
c. Elinor Ostrom, “Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms,” (JEP, 2000)
d. Eric Chaney, “Separation of powers and the medieval roots of the institutional divergence between the Middle East and Europe.” (2011)
Grading
Test 1 25%
Test 2 25%
Homework and Quizzes 25%
Optional Paper (+) up to 5%
Final exam 25%
Students may add up to 5 percentage points to their overall grade by writing a paper on a topic approved by the instructor. The Course Reader contains a list of reading suggestions for paper topics. You are not limited to these topics. The paper must address a well-defined question and must make use of reasoning related to course material. To write a paper, you must hand in a sheet of paper describing the topic and listing at least a couple of sources. The topic sheet is due by November 20 and the paper itself is due by December 4. Earlier submissions are welcome, and they will increase the opportunity for my comments on your paper. The paper should be about 8 double-spaced pages and must be no longer than 15 pages. The paper should contain a list of sources at the end. The body of the paper should contain specific references to these sources.
Students who have written a paper, have completed all the assignments in the course, and have B+ or better going into the final do not need to take the final exam.
Date
Topics
Reading
Aug 24-28
The Rise of the West; the World in 1400
Game Theory: Assurance Game
Marks, Intro, Chaps 1, 2
Aug 31-Sept 4
Europe and China in pre-modern period
Marks, Chap 3
Landes, Chap 1,2
Ex1 Assurance
Ex2 Speciali-
zation
Sept 9-11
European Exceptionalism; Technological Change in Middle Ages; Europe, China, and Islamic World
Game Theory: PD Game
Malthus, Population
Landes, Chap 3-4
*Chaney, Middle East and Europe on BB
Ex3 Empires, States, Trade
Ex4 PD game
Sept 14-18
Age of Discovery 1500-1750
Landes, Chap 6
Ex5,5a Malthus
Sept 21-23
Dutch Golden Age
European ...
This presentation is a student-teacher created slide show to accompany Ch. 5 from the textbook Exploring Globalization (Gardner & Lavold, 2007, McGraw-Hill Ryerson).
2. Dave Zirin: World Cup
Key Terms and Concepts
FIFA / IOC
neoliberalism
austerity
security
favelas and displacement
social movement tactics
democracy / self-governance
construction industry
environmental impact
3. Marks: Origins of the Modern World
Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, and 3
5. Introduction
What do we mean by Eurocentrism?
● Idea that Europe is naturally superior
● View of history that centers Europe
(pages 8-9)
6. Introduction
What do we mean by Eurocentrism?
● Idea that Europe is naturally superior
● View of history that centers Europe
(pages 8-9)
How does Origins of the Modern World challenge
Eurocentrism?
8. Introduction
What is the goal of the book?
to show how the current world system got put in
place - the historical, economic, political, social
forces that produced modern globalization
11. Chapter 1
What does Marks mean by biological old
regime? (pages 22-24)
What were the results of the agricultural
revolution (and why does Marks say some
authors disagree with calling it a “revolution”)?
(pages 24-26)
12. Chapter 1
What does it mean to describe the world pre-
1800s as polycentric?
And what, according to Marks, changed the
polycentric nature of the globe?
13. Chapter 1
What does it mean to describe the world pre-
1800s as polycentric?
And what, according to Marks, changed the
polycentric nature of the globe?
18th century European imperialism, resulting
in a few centers (core) which colonized
much of the globe (periphery). (page 35)
14. Chapter 1
Marks discusses the bubonic plague and its
impact on Europe (pages 36-38).
What do we learn about this plague, and
how does it illustrate the concept of
conjuncture?
15. Chapter 2
What were the nature and scope of Chinese
trade in the 15th century?
What brought China’s sea voyages to an
end?
16. Chapter 2
What were the nature and scope of Chinese
trade in the 15th century?
What brought China’s sea voyages to an
end?
Internal political battle resolved by focusing
on protecting China from Mongols in the
North, extending the Great Wall (page 48).
18. Chapter 2
What does dar al-Islam describe? (page 53)
the “home of Islam”: places where Islam is
practiced and educated people spoke or
wrote Arabic, the language of the Quran.
19. Chapter 2
How was the spread of Islam significant for
world history at this time?
20. Chapter 2
How was the spread of Islam significant for
world history at this time?
It helped create common culture and
language, and cut Europe off from the Indian
Ocean, leading in part to Europe’s “dark
ages.”
21. Chapter 2
What was a common source of wealth in Africa,
and how did this wind up being significant?
What was a common source of wealth in
Europe during this time?
22. Chapter 2
What was the nature and significance of
warfare in Europe in the period of 1000 to
1500? (pages 57-60)
23. Chapter 2
What was the nature and significance of
warfare in Europe in the period of 1000 to
1500? (pages 57-60)
● Wars were constant
● Warfare drove European states to a
common form
24. Chapter 2
What was the nature and significance of
warfare in Europe in the period of 1000 to
1500? (pages 57-60)
● Wars were constant
● Warfare drove European states to a
common form
○ territorial-based
○ towns and cities to generate wealth
○ population large enough to sustain armies
25. Chapter 2
What did Portugal introduce to sea-trade that
changed it forever? (page 62)
26. Chapter 3
From 1500 to 1800, empires flourished across
the globe.
● What does the term sovereignty mean?
● How did empires administer their rule?
27. Chapter 3
“Pre-contact” empires of the Americas
● Aztec (page 72)
● Inca (page 73)
Spanish Empire (pages 74-82)
● What killed off most of the people
conquered by Spanish empire?
● Why did the Spanish empire not maintain
and build its wealth?
28. Chapter 3
How did the European slave trade allow the
sugar economy to develop and spread?
(pages 82-84)
29. Chapter 3
Nation-state system
● emerges out this time period
● related to demands and effects of warfare
○ wars result in consolidation - fewer states
○ infrastructure for tax collection
○ assemblies for negotiating with wealthy landowners
○ concept of “national debt”
30. Chapter 3
Nation-state system
● emerges out this time period
● related to demands and effects of warfare
○ wars result in consolidation - fewer states
○ infrastructure for tax collection
○ assemblies for negotiating with wealthy landowners
○ concept of “national debt”
● England & France emerge as power centers
from these connected process of warfare
and state-building
(pages 84-88)
31. French Revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and
Citizens (1789) states, "The source of all
sovereignty resides
essentially in the nation."
What does nation mean
here and what is the
significance of this?
32. New Political Formations
The French Revolution helps establish the
modern notion of the nation-state, which
connects three things:
the state (government)
the nation (citizenry)
the land (territory)
And they are connected in a Constitutional
framework.
33. Chapter 3
Mercantalism
● Economic theory/policy related to emerging
state system
● Focused on collection of precious metals as
wealth
● Protectionism: trade restrictions to restrict
flow of metals out (to pay for foreign goods)
(pages 88-89)