INTRODUCTION%20TO

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• INTRODUCTION TO
• BEFORE EUROPEAN HEGEMONY

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• Hegemony
• European Hegemony (1450 - )

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Kaifeng (China, 11-12th century)
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• Before European Hegemony
• (Pre-modern World)

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Map of Al-Idrisi (1099-1166)
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A Map by a Muslim Geographer (13th Century)
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Ortellus of Antwerp (1570)
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The Map of Piri Reis, Ottoman Admiral (16th
Century)
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Three major zones in Premodern World

• Europe
• Middle East
• East Asia

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• Between 1250 and 1350 these three zones were
  linked to each other, creating a dense network of
  trade

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The main characteristics of the pre-modern world

• The center was not in Europe
• Asia prosperous but not hegemonic
• Middle east plays an intermediary role

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• Travels of Marco Polo (1271-1295)
• Travels of Ibn Battuta (1325-1349)

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