GINS 1000 Lecture 6: week 6
10 Nov 2016
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Indigenous peoples territory rights disregarded cture week 6. Topics, themes (2-3), primary and secondary sources, thesis (what will you argue?) Final exam: sunday, december 11th, 2pm (if anything happens and you cannot attend the exam you must attend the registrar"s office) The study of empires allows us to understand how some ways of connecting over space and time if facilitated, but also complicates and negates other connections. For example: empires create barriers, borders, at times reinforce their differences rather than taking a global approach to connections. History is contingent, and advancements took a long to change and percolate. Muslim rulers, but there are rival hindu elites, mongols. Akbar the great (1542-1605) - cultural pluralism; patron of the arts. Intensifies trade with europeans that stabilized moghul economy, however, with goods comes ideas, and there are a lot of western influences entering the empire. He allows people to practice their own religion, although he is islam.
