HIST285- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 62 pages long!)

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Lecture #1 hist 285 an introduction to world history: the spread of technology across eurasia was due to geography, buddhism came from south asia to east asia but otherwise there were no. Similarities: **east asia: anywhere that uses chopsticks and writes with characters*, traditional china was not feudalism***, a(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to mar(cid:454)"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374), it was a decentralized warrior system. Industrial revolution: modern nationalism and racial theory comes from this, racial theory: take over the world because they think since they are white or protestant they can do that but most likely due to. Conversely, do economic growth create ideas: the universal school system is an excellent example of this. Lecture #2 hist 285 european knowledge of the world. European knowledge of the world: ancient hints, early roman empire, also, himalayan mountains obstructed relations between india and china. Hence there is nothing common between the two countries: rise of islam, all of eurasia is a religious rivalry.