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Between 1600 and 1750, a truly global trading regime emerged for the first time in world history. This expanding network of exchanges fostered new sources of wealth for many, led to the growth new and impressive commercial organizations, and improved the economic well being of many people around the globe. It also encouraged the growth of African slavery, the destruction of Native American societies, and generally destabilized social, economic, and political configurations throughout the world. Explore these elaborate trade networks through the archeological remains from this period and other historical analysis. How, according to this evidence, were new commercial configurations entangling the world's societies? What were some of the consequences of this entanglement?
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Archeological evidence from ship wrecks during this period reveal much about expanding networks of trade during this period. Explore the remains of European ships by visiting the sites below. Where were the ships many destinations? What goods were they carrying? How did they acquire these goods? What were the goals of their voyages? How were European merchants and Europeans affected by global entanglements?
Document 1, Document 2, Document 3, Document 4 |
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Explore non European shipwrecks by visiting the sites below. Where were the ships destinations? What goods were they carrying? How did they acquire these goods? What were the goals of their voyages? How similar were these voyages with those studied above? How were these non European groups affected by the global entanglements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? How do all these shipwrecks explain growing global entanglements between 1600-1750?
Document 5, Document 6 |
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Global entanglements created greater global cognizance. For further insight, read the following Documents. How do they demonstrate greater global awareness amongst different groups of people?
Document 7, Document 8 |
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Global entanglements often introduced new commodities into different parts of the world at the same time. Societies often responded differently. After reviewing the Documents below, compare and contrast the reactions of Europeans and Sikhs in India to the popularity of tobacco.
Document 9, Document 10 (Click 17th Century and then Tobacco Prohibition) |
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Global entanglements enriched many people in the world, but none more than certain groups in Europe. To identify these groups, and explore how they enriched themselves during this period go to:
Document 11, Document 12 |
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