HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Subsistence Economy, Infant Mortality
1 Jun 2016
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Traditional europe (before 1500) and its place in the world 09/08/14. No geographical obstacles block the movement between europe and asia. A relatively small (2. 5 million square km) but diverse space. Mongols unified the space brings the eastern half of eurasia in contact with the pointy. Jerusalem map reflecting medieval european sense of the world. Orbis terrae ( o/t map ) represented the center of the world as it was a holy place (center for pilgrimage) Jerusalem wasn"t home to the eurasians attempted to gain control during the crusades. Rise of the ottoman empire europeans pushed out of the middle east although they consider jerusalem and surrounding area their holy land (religious drive) Asia is north, africa the east, europe the west (no concept of the americas or having an inclusive world) The 1507 waldseemuller map: note the inclusion of new space.
