HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Great Zimbabwe, Ivory Trade, Ming Dynasty
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Lecture 2: theories and concepts (the world before 1500) History is written for us, living in these times. (not about celebrating the west) We want citizens to have a global perspective, not just a western oriented one. Methods of looking at history: politcal, economic, cultural, social, idealogical. authentic best way to do history: read! read! read! What is a nation: a self de ning cultural unit that has intentions of exclusivity as a political unit construction of nation: culture, history, language, territory. Applies to tribes, cities, even professor hopkins! anything really-->too limiting. State: a politcal entity that has some sort of authority over some territory. Nation states (intend to be housed in a particular place where they have exclusive control) Max weber"s theory of the state (barbarian/westphalia state) monopoly over all legitimate forms of violence clearly identi able territory speci c population control of territory. Bureaucratic-rationalism: a modern state has a bureaucracy that rules its.
