2. Change in global interactions, trade, and technology {MAPS}
3.
| Major empires and other political units and social systems
(absolutism), geographic location and dates |
Economic characteristics | gender systems at the elite level, alliances, women and households in politics |
| Aztec | |
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| Ottoman | |
harem |
| Inca | |
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| Ming | |
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| Qing (Manchu) | |
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| Portugal | |
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| Spain | |
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| Russia | |
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| France | |
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| England | |
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| Mongol | |
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| Tokugawa | |
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| Mughal | |
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| Kongo | |
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| Benin | |
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| Songhai | |
| Slave Systems: Coercive or Forced Labor | Locations and Characteristics | Demographic Changes | Treatment of Slaves | Status of Slaves |
| slave trade (Trans Saharan and East Africa) | ||||
| plantation slavery (Atlantic Slave System) | |
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| Mamluks/Janissaries | |
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| serfs | |
4.
| Demographic and environmental changes - Columbian Exchange | Impact |
| diseases (which ones?) |
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| animals (which ones?) |
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| new crops (which ones?) |
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| comparative population trends (where were there increases or decreases?) |
5.
| Cultural and intellectual developments, Dates | Famous People or Events | Content of Idea or Movement | Diffusion (Where did the ideas spread?) |
| Scientific Revolution | |
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| The Enlightenment | |
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| Neoconfucianism | |
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| Major developments and exchanges in the arts (e.g., Mughal) |
6. Diverse interpretations
What are the debates about the timing
and extent of European predominance in the world economy?
Students Should be Prepared to Compare the Following:
| Name of Political System, Dates | Results of Interaction with European Empires aka "The West" |
| Ottoman Empire | |
| Qing Empire | |
| Tokugawa Japan | |
| Mughal India | |