HISTORY 7A Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Old Worlds Collide
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America was the latest continent to populate a. b. The distance between the atlantic (europe and america) depended on ocean currents i. ii. That"s why columbus ended up in the bahamas instead of. Asians couldn"t colonize america because the currents were against them. europe before the great expansion: social system and world view a. Europeans believed in a hierarchical order of the world. Europeans viewed and understood the world as a hierarchy because the world had a fixed order. They were mortal but had godlike qualities of language and intelligence. There were also internal hierarchies c. i. ii. Lions and tigers are the most powerful in the animal kingdom. Rome collapsed because peoples started moving around, causing chaos b. People follow their rulers because rulers protect them i. Noblemen are given land by the king in exchange for their loyalty. Serfs are given land in exchange for a percentage of the crops and protection ii.
