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Pre-HSE Early Modern
Emergence of a Global Age: Cause and Effect in the Early Modern World.
Exit Question: What separates the Ancient and Modern Worlds?
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belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence.
Choose a word to define-
Ancient:
Modern:
relating to the present or recent times
When Rome collapsed, Europe lost a central authority. Civilization broke apart into FEUDAL kingdoms.
The peasants worked, and were tied to the land (which belonged to the nobles and knights
The king and church entrusted land to the nobles and knights in exchange for military service.
In these MIDDLE AGES, war was near constant. Trade and Education were severely limited.
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The "Early Modern" Period in Europe can also be called "The Renaissance," or rebirth.
But to understand the rebirth of Europe, we need to look East.
Answer: How did Constantinople's GEOGRAPHIC position help it to dominate the Middle East?
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Ask a question:
• Can you explain how ____ affected ____?
• How are____alike? Different?
• How would you summarize____?
The Ottoman Empire grew into a large, powerful Empire, controlling a massive region from Africa to Asia.
Europe could not defeat them, so if they wanted to trade in India or China, they had to pay the Ottomans a heavy tax. The tax was used to strengthen the Empire's military.
Europe was terrified of the Janissary Corps, the first whole gunpowder unit in history.
These soldiers were taken from their Slavic Christian parents and raised in a military academy. Raised to be loyal only to the Sultan, they were a dangerous threat to the backward armies of Europe.
Task: Together we'll read an excerpt from The Prince. Then, independently answer: What do you think life was like for the average person in the Early Modern period?
A guide written for rulers.
Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince
The Early Modern Period began a long history of intensive interactions between the hemispheres, and between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
But what was life like for the average person?
In this period, very few people were literate, but we can take clues from the written works we can examine.
Soon, Spanish treasure fleets, laden with plundered gold from the New World was funding Europe's Renaissance.
We just saw a CAUSE and EFFECT in Early Modern History. In your own words, summarize this cause and effect.
But they underestimated how large the world was. And they found the New World instead.