GLOBL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mercator Projection, 40Th Parallel North, Marshall Hodgson
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Postmodernist (post-wwii): beyond industrial, technologies compress space/time and shrink the world. Modernist (mid 19th c): industrial capitalism and social reorganization of feudal into modern society. Colonial (16th c): begins with colonization and formation of world capitalist system, Sargon and akkad: formation of afro-eurasion zone of civilization. Sumeria and gilgamesh: first city states (5,000 years ago) For 150 years akkadian empire rules a region from mesopotamia to the. Mediterranean covering parts of modern day saudi arabia, iran, iraq, turkey. The first known empire with multiple cultures, religions and ethnicities. Connecting the ancient world through trade- shannon harris castelo. Hindu-kush range and valleys of indus and ganges rivers. Western scholars mistakenly see these areas as distict. 4 areas developed not in isolation but because of connections forged . Distances shrank with the horse and camel, the chariot, coastal seafaring, ling distance trade. Globalized agricultural technology, gun powder, new political institutions, shipbuilding and marine .
