Essential Question: To what extent did Europe come predominate in the world economy? CONCEPTS, THEMES, and KEY CONCEPTS: Globalizing Networks of Communication • and Exchange Intensifying regional networks ◦ brought both prosperity and economic disruption to merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Saharan Africa and overland Eurasia New developments in navigation ◦ (astrolabe and revised maps), ship design and understanding weather and climate made transoceanic travel and trade possible New transoceanic reconnaissance ◦ occurred New forms of business ventures, such ◦ as stock companies, facilitated European colonization and trade with the Americas and Asia, but existing Afro-Eurasia system continued to flourish using existing practices and new European merchant shipping services Columbian Exchange the result of the ◦ connections between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres Connections between the two ◦ hemispheres allowed for the spread and reform of religions and continued syncretism As merchant's profits increased and ◦ governments collected more taxes, funding for the arts increased. CLASS LECTURES, READINGS, and ASSIGNMENTS and ASSESSMENTS
Essential Question: To what extent did Europe come predominate in the world economy? CONCEPTS, THEMES, and KEY CONCEPTS: • Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange ◦ Intensifying regional networks brought both prosperity and economic disruption to merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Saharan Africa and overland Eurasia ◦ New developments in navigation (astrolabe and revised maps), ship design and understanding weather and climate made transoceanic travel and trade possible ◦ New transoceanic reconnaissance occurred ◦ New forms of business ventures, such as stock companies, facilitated European colonization and trade with the Americas and Asia, but existing Afro-Eurasia system continued to flourish using existing practices and new European merchant shipping services ◦ Columbian Exchange the result of the connections between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres ◦ Connections between the two hemispheres allowed for the spread and reform of religions and continued syncretism ◦ As merchant's profits increased and governments collected more taxes, funding for the arts increased. CLASS LECTURES, READINGS, and ASSIGNMENTS and ASSESSMENTS
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