HIST104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Syncretism, Psychological Trauma, Scientific Method
6 Jul 2017
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Chapter 14: european expansion and rise of colonialism. Similarities: mindset of rulers, wanting to promote arts and learning to show their pwer and sophistications, development, adaptions of new technologies. Diffusion of european science to the other parts of the world. Differences: europeans dominance of some cultures, not necessarily sharing the american cultures-- impact of christianity. Syncretism: mixing of european and native cultures: europeans origins of many new technologies (chinese were technological advanced, gun powder, european outlook: development of the scientific method, using observation, and other techniques. Taj mahal: india, build by the moguls in 1600s. Missionary activity in the americas: taught christian doctrine, often gained cultural knowledge for effective missionizing, psychological trauma of conquest and disease that led to many native to convert. Longolese christianity: antonian movement (early the 18th century, dona beatriz kimpa vita. Tokugawa: japanese ruling family in the 16th century.
