The document discusses several historical processes of global change including the African slave trade, the spread of Christianity, Eurasian hegemony due to geographic advantages according to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, the Columbian Exchange between the Old and New Worlds which included trade and intermarriage, and the trading of goods like potatoes, sugar and coffee throughout history. It also describes David Keys' theory that the 6th century eruption of Krakatoa blocked out the sun, lowered temperatures and led to diseases, causing people to turn to Islam for refuge.

1. Historical Processes of
Global Change
-
Religion
-Intermarriage
and Diversity
-Trade
-Eurasian
Hegemony

2. Peoples and
Empires
 -The African slave trade
(starting in 1444) brought
many Africans to the
Americas
 -They worked on plantations
 - There was some
intermarriage between the
Europeans and the Africans
 Charles V and Christian
Roman emperors spread
Christianity
Charles V
Slave trade

3. Guns, Germs, and Steel
 According to Jared Diamond,
Eurasia became hegemonic
because of its favorable
geographic location.
 Eurasia has good weapons,
immunity to diseases in
which other peoples were
not immune to, and good
military organization.

4. The Columbian
Exchange
 Because of Columbus’ voyages,
the Old and New world came
together.
 This was an exchange of people,
crops, diseases, and ideas.
 There were intermarriages
between the Europeans and the
Mesoamericans.

5. Spices and Other Things
 Trade has connected people
from all parts of the world.
 A variety of goods have
been traded throughout
history including; the potato,
sugar, cacao beans, coffee,
drugs, and others.

6. Catastrophe!
 David Keys believes that the
eruption of the volcano called
Krakatoa in the 6th
century
caused a drop in temperature
because of the particles that
blocked out the sun.
 He believes this drop in
temperature led to diseases.
 Islam may have grown because
people found refuge in this
religion in the midst of the
devastation they felt from
diseases.

7. Catastrophe!
 David Keys believes that the
eruption of the volcano called
Krakatoa in the 6th
century
caused a drop in temperature
because of the particles that
blocked out the sun.
 He believes this drop in
temperature led to diseases.
 Islam may have grown because
people found refuge in this
religion in the midst of the
devastation they felt from
diseases.