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black plague origins 1340s -1350s
transmitted by rats, fleas and contact
trading ports
thought to be from crimean penninsula/somewhere in eurasia
climate change and little icea age weakend europe- killed crops and faminine
mongols contirbuted to spread through their widespread conquest
sprad in europe, asia med and black sea
nature of disease
high fatality
ubran flocked to rural countryside
rural flocked to cities for worka nd food
2 diff responses to plaque, religious optomistic or sad
global impact of plague
china - declining pop worked against mongol control - also trying not to get invovled in oversee trade
middle east - limited migration more dependent on forign trade for goods bc of labor shortage
europe
scapgoating , depopulation of countryside , prioritize private prop over church
jews mistreated- antisemeticism
global global impact of plague
old world system : collapse of the eurasian silk road trade route
long distance trade was less desirable
revivide when new routes sought
med trade decline
other impacts
collapse of feudalism , portugese exploation, weakend states
little ice age
disruptive climate
led to witch hunts
demographic pressure and food scarcity and bad weakther and weak gov
global cooling
little ice age impact world
africa- drought
americas - drought, stunt plants, religion
asia - imperial destablization of the manchu
ottoman empire- drought less crops and bandit groups
europe - crop failure, disease, famine
rise of mongols 1206 and 1368
united nomadic clans - ghenghis khan
descendents conquered even more territory
mongol conquest
sophisticated military tech - seige warefare
brutal conquest - surrender and submit to mongols
urbanization
- cities
limited - when died campign stopped, deli resisted
split territory among khans descendents
mongols and globaliattion
massive land trade route across asia
pox mongolica- mongol peace stability and predictablity
organized travel
expansive administration and rigid social hierarchy
valued the arts and sciences and tolerent of diff customs and traiditons
development of cities in asia
trig and astronomy
edpansion and institutionalization of islam
mongol decline
black death
fighting foreign armies esp china and defeated by ming
ingihting, factionalism and division
ibn khaldun 13c
traveled throughout muslim world
father of social sciences
history, econ, socialogy
group feeling/consiousness
dynastic cycles, and cyclical history
arab social scientist
timur and timurid dynasty 15 - 16c
timur - turkic and mongol
married into genghis khan fam
conquered samarkand
through parts of fractured mongol territory
brutal conqueror
attack growing muslim powers
timurid renaissance 14-17
art and architecture
blended chinese and persian traidtions
domes and painted frescoes
science
decimla notation, calculations, astronomy as seperate field
planetary models and evidence of earths rotation
collapse and legasies of the timurid dynasty 17
collapse:
conflict of succession
emprie fractured
legacies
continue dtrade on old world systm
timurid renaissance -fueld by global political and econ
precolonial africa
many diff ethnic groups, religion, lang, culture
common themes - good trade netweorks, expansionist kingdoms with strong states
region revialries
mali 14c
largest and richest african state
muslim empire
MANSA MUSA under him reached its peak
spread and importance of islam + urbanization
timbuktu
became regional hub of islamic culture and intellectual life under mansa
peak under mali rule 13-14c
decline of mali
rebellions from people under mali rule
devaluation of gold
military defeats by other major african powers
ex. Songhay
benin
nigeria
expanded through conquest
decentralized system of vassals
not muslim
regional trade and w portugese
ethiopia
christian kindom - 1270
expansion through conquest
strong centralized state- aimed at spread christianity
part of red sea trade
welcomed christian europeans
east africa and indian ocean trade
city states along africas east coast
linking african inland to middle east, indian ocean, china
pre colonial americas
incas and aztecs
political, cultural, ecological, language diversity
empires emerge by subduing neighbors, marriage alliences, conquest, tributes
aztecs
most populous american empire
mexico central america
military focus
center for regional trade-robust marketplace
imperial expansion 1430 - military successes
tribute and humiliation over assimilation
aztec religion= constant war
social classes , elites, merchants, etc
gender roles = women high
weakness in agriculture tech
lots of enemies
no shared identity of conquered ppl
incas
expansive empire
architecture that deals w geographic terrain
imperial expansion
large troops
surrenderor annhialation
adopted local dieties of conquered ppl into religion
improtant social class
human sacrifice
comp gender roles
wewakness- poorly organized succession
ethnic diversity resentment regionalism