Saturday, September 24, 2011

THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE

THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE


Lack of control of environment:
1. Subsistence
2. Life & death
3. Occupation
4. Marriage & family
5. Diet
6. Uses of wealth

THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE


Columbus & America
Who was Columbus?
What was he after?
Why west?
Islam/Portugal
The uses of spices
Preservation & variety
Gains & losses of the agricultural revolution
Subdue the earth/ go forth & multiply
Diet & necessity
What did Europeans eat?
Why not vary?
Population
Cycles
Black death
Family planning?
Marriage
Work & labor
Why were Europeans the navigators?
What did they want from America?
Passage
Wealth
New Indies
Exploration & the nation state
Why precious metals?
Religion
Rivalry
Mercantilism
Conquistadores
The lessons of Spain
What does England want?

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