HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spice Trade, Shang Dynasty, Southeast Asia
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Look for causes: look at a specific event, collect relevant info, and determine why it happened or how it happened c. ii. 1. c. ii. 2. And there are constantly new answers -> revisions: george santayana: those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it one reason to study history d. i. We, however, are only looking at those from 1500-2016 b. ii. But we"re still not covering everything, folks b. iii. So we"re focusing on western europe and india[and pakistan and. Day 2 (setting the ground work: the world in 1500, but first, the backdrop, calendar stuff, our calendar begins at the point where jesus christ was supposedly born. Since this year one, the years are referred to as ad, or anno domini (in the year of the lord). Or, you can use ce, meaning common era: similarly, the years before one are referred to as bc or bce and they count backwards from 1, first civilizations emerged in four different regions.
