Exam 1 Flashcards
Rising Great Powers 16th to 18th Centuries
Rising Great Powers: PBARF
Prussia - Absolute Mon - Army - +Bureaucracy
Britain - Cons Mon - Comm and Finanical Resources, navy, trade, freedom, industry, relations toleration
Austria - Abs Mon -Army, Imperial Prestige, loyalty
Russia - Abs Mon - Army, popu, Natural Resources, Imperial Control of Church and State
France - Abs Mon - Army, Popu, Colon Emp, Intellect
_Declining Great Power_s: SONS
Spain - Ab Mon - Stag Eco, Ineff Govt, weak mil, religious and intellectual Conformity
Ottoman Empire - Ab Mon, Backw Eco, Unsta Govt, resist change, old military
Netherlands - Republic, Divide Govt, low pop and decline Econ
Sweden- Const Mon - Low Popula, Weak Econo
Charles V
- Holy Roman Emperor 1519
- Inherited Lands Ruled 1/4 of Europe
- Austria
- Netherlands
- East France
- East Spain West Spin
- Sardina/Naples/Sicily
- Also Hungary/Bohemia
- East Lands to Ferdinand I
- West Lands to Phillip III
- Inherited Lands Ruled 1/4 of Europe
Eastern and Western Hemisphere Differences Pre-1450
Eastern Hemisphere: Europe—>
1492-1519 Belief world 1/2 water/ 1/2 Land (Cartographers)
Large Pool of Disease becuase of Animals
Growing Population
Trade Networks
Large Civi. -Islam, Christendom, China, India, N. Africa, SE Asia Dyn. Come and go Linear and Quantified Time - Days, Months Years
Leads to Spirituality Hindu, Budd, Daoism all common treat others as you would like treated
Less Parochial View of world - W/O blinders
Ocean Gap 3K miles
Breeds Innovation/Travel/Trade Networks/ Large Rel. Following/ Large Civil.
Western Hemisphere— Nomadic early
Recent Human Arrival last 15K years/Large Mammal Extinction from Human Hunting and Planet Warming.
Small Animals Domesticated,
North and South Axle Land Prevents travel- Cold weather N and S
Limited land for Agriculture/ Geography Not friendly to Diffusion of ideas
Small pool of disease
Small Civilizations Meso america and Ande Mnts with no where to go
Time is Cyclical 4 seasons rinse and repeat
Isolated from eachother and world
Was tropical then Hotter/ Dryer–> Plants and Animals Dissapear
Ocean Gap to Eastern Eurasia 6K Miles
India Religion
- Monothesism and Polytheism
- Hindu Trinity: All seen as one divine reality
- Brahman - Creator
- Vishnu - Preserver
- Shiva - Destroyer
Reincarntaion
- Based on a Caste system Humans Not Equal Created By Aryians :
- Your soul transmigrates to another body when you die.
- Good Karma brings you up Caste and Bad Karma Down
- Barhman (Priests) Head of God (One with the Cosmos)
- Kshatriyas (Warriors)
- Vaishyas (Farmer/Merchants)
- Shudras (Laborers) Foot of God
- Good Karma brings you up Caste and Bad Karma Down
- Your soul transmigrates to another body when you die.
Dar al-Islam
- God:Allah - (Muhammad - Creator/Final Phrophet/ Military
- Monotheism- Tinitarian Monotheism - Father son Holy Spirit/ JudgementDay Ancient Persian Concept -Heaven or Hell
- Personal Jahad - Struggle to defeat internal demeons
- Political Jahad - Conquer world in name of Allah w/ military
- House of God - Where Muslims Rule (GLUE) Beleivers
- House of War - (Dar al-Harab) Islam Non-Believers state of Jahad War
- Monotheism- Tinitarian Monotheism - Father son Holy Spirit/ JudgementDay Ancient Persian Concept -Heaven or Hell
Dar al-Habab
- House of Disbelief
- Islam Non-Believers and Continuous state of Jahad War
- Sultan -Government Leader
- Calif - Religios Leader
- Islam Non-Believers and Continuous state of Jahad War
Italian Renaissance
- An Attitude 14-16th century
- Inpires 3 Values Humanism Individualism and Secularism -
- Humanism -New Learning, Man is rational, cultivating talents, belief abilities are unlimited
- Individualism - Emphasize Competition and Personal sucess and Display of Personal Wealth
- Secularism- Emphasize Worldly Views(Spiritual)
- Rebirth of Antiquity - Learn from Greece and Rome
- Inpires 3 Values Humanism Individualism and Secularism -
- Urban and Commercial Growth
- Italian Thinkers look back to pre-christian pagan science and Philoso
- Machiavelli inspired Political thoughts with movement
- Areas rewarded - Genoa, Florenece, Milan, Naples, Rome and venice who are ruled by elite merchants
- Italian Thinkers look back to pre-christian pagan science and Philoso
Machiavelli
- Author : The Prince
- Argued (Ruler to Imitate both Sly Fox and Scary Lion)
- Social order reflecting gods will IMPOSSIBLE
- Politics and Religion Seperate Laws
- Rulers should ignore Good and Bad/Moral and Immoral
- Rulers use anything to maintain authority “End Justifies the Means”
- Primary Goal is Survival
Janissaries
- Devshimre Law - Ottoman Empire
- Christian Boys captured and became slave infantry
- Some rose to power of Turkish Govt
- Sultan 2nd army (Nontrusting of his own)
- Christian Boys captured and became slave infantry
Divine Right of Kings
- French Absolutism (Bishop Bossuet)
- King was Chosen by God
- (Religious Doctrine of Royal and Political Legigitmacy)
- This Benefits the Monarch of France
- point to note - old kings would fight in battles
- This Benefits the Monarch of France
- new system- nobility weaker and king extracts tax revenue for military and estate
- (Religious Doctrine of Royal and Political Legigitmacy)
- King was Chosen by God
- Uses Versailles Palace to:
- Symbol of Power
- incentivise loyalty( must live there 1/2 year)
- Eliminate Scheming
- Hire Pro Musketeers
- Monarchy and Nobility now far apart With MON on top
Spanish/Portuguese Racial Hierarchy
- Peninsulares - Europeans from Europe Pure
- Creoles - Europeans born in America Pure
- Mestizos - European Natives
- Mulato - European Africans
- Zambos - Native Africans
- Slaves -Pure Native or African
- Mostly Men Early on/Men marry local tribe leader daughters=Power
Mandate of Heaven
- Chinese belief that:
- Divinely Granted Right for Monarchs to Govern and endorsed Confuscianism
- Named the Son Of Heaven
- Divinely Granted Right for Monarchs to Govern and endorsed Confuscianism
- This allowed Yuan (mongols) to fall
Middle Kingdom
- Deontes that China is superior to all surrouding kingdoms and occured after the Ming dynasty defeated Mongols.
- Emperor now Son of Heaven
Trinitarian Monotheism
- Christian Belief
- Father is God
- Son is God
- Holy Spirit is God