HIST 1011 Midterm: history midterm study guide
Document Summary
Looks to include all members of society in the voice of the collective human past. Theories and practices of history: political, economic, social/cultural, ideological, historiography. Max weber"s theory of the state: a state must have: Monopoly over all legitimate forms of violence. Modern state: the state is a historic artifact, a product of a certain historical time, the state does not dominate until the mid 19th century. Relies heavily on coastal trade: zimbabwe and congo major empires. Sept. 6: the early modern world: asian imperium: like the sun at midday (book of changes): political statement, i. e. beginning of 16th century asian imperium is at its zenith-- can only go down. Outward focus: engagement with the whole world known to the time. Contact, but not expansion: peaceful, integrate nearby power within chinese cultural ambit: end 15th start 16th: closing down-- arrival of the europeans causes name empire starts to turn upon itself. Reemergence of manchu threat in north china.
