1. The Early Modern World 1450-1750
THE BIG PICTURE
CHANGE IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA
CHAPTERS 13-15

2. Chapter 13-15
These chapters cover what is usually called the “early modern era”
Suggestive of modernity (globalization, modern societies, European world presence)
Globalization: European exploration, conquest, and settlement of America
Slave Trade linked to Africa
American Silver and European trade with Asia
Columbian Exchange
Christianity grows into a global religion
Expansion in Russian, Ottoman, and Chinese Empire important as part of wider global web

3. Other things that point to the start of the Modern Era
Scientific Revolution transformed worldview of elite in Europe
Philosophical Enlightenment for social and political change in Europe
Population growth starts taking on modern characteristics
Commercialized economies (highly commercialized) develop in parts of Eurasia and America-urban based
Stronger more unified states develop: this promotes trade, manufacturing, and common cultures. Great increase in military power due to “gunpowder” revolution.

4. But wait… Maybe It is the Late Agrarian Era
Despite what we have just talked about, it is also possible to see this time period ( ) as NOT modern
European political and military power were quite limited in Asia and Africa
Islam was still the fastest growing major religion
India and China were each comparable in production to Europe

5. The Late Agrarian
In 1750 the only signs of industrial revolution might have been found in central England.
Dependent on muscle power, wind, and water everywhere
Long established cities still had the power; no transfer to industrial cities yet.
Rulers were monarchs and were not elected; male dominance was normal and assumed to be correct; “lower class” meant rural peasants not urban workers for the most part
was not a time of change for most humans but of continuity with the past
Chapters highlight change in this era rather than continutiy