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genus tulipa

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appprox 100 species- barely domesticated

- heterogenous seeds take 7-8 years to grow but can be cloned by bulb for 1-2 years

2
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somaclonal variation

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1/1,000,000

natural variation in color

3
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other sources of color variation

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tulip breaking virus vectored by an aphid

4
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tulip craze 1: turkish

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turkey ruled by ottomon empire since 1450
- sultans loved tulips
selim II (1574) ordered 50,000 tulips for palace garden

5
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tulip era

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sultan ahmet III (1703-1730)
- breeding became a vogue among the rich
troops hated sultan ahmet because he was cruel
religious leaders hate him because he brought in western infleunces
- revolt and tulips fell out of flavour (1500 varieties disapeared)

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tulip craze 2: Dutch

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protestant netherlands in 17th century

- religiously tolerant rich trading nation

7
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early capitalism

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amsterdam had 1st stock market in history of the world

- profit depending on timing/trading of shares so can win/lose very quickly

8
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IOU

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can buy shares on IOU

- large and small scale stock brokers

9
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protestant religion

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pastors + amsterdams municipal officers were against because threatened social stability
- trading in the wind

10
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religious tension in relation to wealth

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cancelled Sinter Klaas parade

1607: Delft city council banished gingerbread men
1663: cancelled Sinter Klaas parade, children rioted

11
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tulip mania

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botanist clusius grew first tulips

- his gardens were stolen and manipulated

12
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tulip fad

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very expensive ones were rare

ex. Semper Augustus

13
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when did the market collapse

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1637:
bulbs were sold or traded on IOU
tulips did not have to change hands for someone to make money