Early+Modern+Period

The cannon was one of many military technology that developed along with gunpowder and gun which shaped the world during the Early Modern Period. These military advancements affected political patterns and also aided dominance over new trade routes that developed. Trade routes that developed were overseas so bigger ships armed with these weapons were used.

Chapters 16. The World Economy   17. The Transformation of the West 18. The Rise of Russia 19. Early Latin America 20. Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade 21. The Muslim Empire 22. Asian Transitions in an age of Global Change Unit Review

Changes Continuity Work
 * more international trade = more influences from different countries
 * foods in America now grown in Asia/Europe => population growth
 * diseases introduced with more interactions => population loss BUT encouraged migrations
 * African slave trade because of labor shortages
 * new weapons = new empires = new political structure
 * overseas empires
 * existing trade routes still important to global exchange
 * no sweeping global cultural change
 * developments within certain societies ( science in W. Europe and Japanese Confucianism)
 * spread of world religions
 * Islam - reached southeast Asia and parts of southern Europe
 * America and Christianity
 * other than the few military and travel technology, there was no technological breakthrough until after 1750
 * gender relations somewhat changed
 * Africa - polygamy developed due to slave trade
 * Europe - women's conditions changed slightly
 * growing pressure to work harder
 * child labor, slave labor
 * work = survival
 * master artisans try to make apprentices/workers to make more product
 * European interest in Chinese goods = paying China in silver = Chinese gov't requiring taxes to be paid in silver
 * due to the introduction of new diseases and people dieing, slave labor used to make up for the loss of workers