HIST 2055 : History 2055 Test 1
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August 25, 2016 lecture 1 tuesday 1:30-2:30 si sessions. Beginnings: the perils of starting somewhere, meeting another civilization that does not share a common language, what we"re concerned with: miskets, expectations and technology. Ambitious men of ordinary birth saw acquisition of wealth as a path to social mobility. (p. 16) If you are ordinary birth you have no options for social mobility. Letters from king of kongo to the portuguese. Alphonso i is not a kongolese name but it is assumed he converted to. His connection to christianity is strategic to trade. He is upset about slavery and about african communities being taken away. Europe: what is european , is as diverse as africa and america but places like the spanish peninsula are at first small communities. Asia, europe and africa divided by the nile and surrounded by oceans: the change that comes in the 16th century when.
