Review: AP World History Exam 1450-1750
Periodization 1453 Constantinople falls to the Ottomans Portuguese start exploring Colonies in the New World Coercive Labor Systems Ming closes doors and end expeditions in 1433 Turks take over where Mongols left off in Russia and Southwest Asia 1750, Revolutions and Enlightenment End of Gunpowder Empires Beginning of Western Dominance
Global interactions, Trade, and Technology Linking the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans New sea lanes established with exploration First encounters with Western Hemisphere Biological (Columbian) Exchange: plants, animals, disease, & human community Global economy: agricultural goods, manufactured goods, luxury items reach distant lands
Global interactions, Trade, and Technology Technology: gunpowder, printing and maritime Christianity and Islam spread Indigenous people suffer and are exploited (Potosi) Europeans flourish: colonies, open markets Africa benefited from crops but devastated by slave trade
Global interactions, Trade, and Technology Colonies in the Americas, trading posts in Africa and Asia Conquered Philippines and Indonesia but not China, India, Southwest Asia or Japan Importance of European explorations
Major Empires: Aztec, Ottoman, Inca, Ming, Qing (Manchu) Portugal, Spain, Russia, France, England, Mongol, Tokugawa, Mughal and Songhay SNAPSHOT on Absolutism and Gunpowder Use France as a model, but know how England is different Comparison of Ottomans & France Mongols transform to other groups
Major Empires: Aztec, Ottoman, Inca, Ming, Qing (Manchu) Portugal, Spain, Russia, France, England, Mongol, Tokugawa, Mughal and Songhay Notes on Absolutism and Gunpowder Empires: Ottoman, Mughal, China, Japan Gender: women gaining political roles among the elite classes (not China/Japan) Coercive Labor Systems Introduced in Columbian Exchange, Readings on Spanish Labor Systems, ex. Potosi
Cultural and Intellectual Development Exchange of arts: Chinese, Mughal Ottoman contributions
Mughal
Syncretic Art A Royal Mughal Court Thirst in night Love on a Boat at Night
Wang Yuanqi
Ottoman Art Calligraphy
Carpets
Tile and mosaic work
Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul
Sultan Ahmet Mosque in İstanbul
Inside the Blue Mosque “Ahmediye Cami”
Diverse Interpretations The West has long term Environmental advantages like the horse, metallurgy, immunity to disease, supportive governments funding voyages, desire for wealth and trade, desire to convert to Christianity, naval technology, belief that change is good, competition is good and property can be owned.