GASA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Qing Dynasty, Military Technology, Ottoman Empire
1 Feb 2018
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Asian empires: mughals and qings and why they matter today. Notes: choose 5 id"s for midterm, accessibility centre: language development, writing centre, take more effective notes. Orientalism: difference between history of orientalism" (the idea) and history of the. Climate change and global warming: devastating, effected economy. What is history in this class: concepts that shape asia have a history, the history of a concept tells us: The significance of how it structures the west"s perception of the east and sometimes the east"s perception of itself: history can offer tools/skills for thinking about climate change/ global. Key idea that history teaches us the capacity to choose an appropriate time frame . This helps us think about the future because it examines a problem and finds solutions by using data and other utilities. Why do we care about asian empires (mughal india and qing china): learning about these 2 empires allows us to explain.
