Robert W. Strayer • Eric W. Nelson
Ways of the World:
A Brief Global History with Sources
Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 5
Political Transformations
Empires and Encounters
1450–1750
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Political
Transformations:
Empires and Encounters
1450–1750
Chapter Five
I. European Empires in the
Americas
• A. The European Advantage
• Geography
• Economic motives
• Religion
I. European Empires in the
Americas
• A. The European Advantage (cont.)
• Mobilizing resources
• American collaborators
• Diseases
I. European Empires in the
Americas
• B. The Great Dying and the Little Ice Age
• Demographic collapse
• European and African diseases
• Little Ice Age
I. European Empires in the
Americas
• C. The Columbian Exchange
• Labor shortage
• Migrant slaves and new societies
• American crops
• The Columbian exchange
II. Comparing Colonial Societies in
the Americas
• A. In the Lands of the Aztecs and the Incas
• Spanish conquest
• Economic basis of colony
• Distinctive social order
II. Comparing Colonial Societies in
the Americas
• B. Colonies of Sugar
• Lowland Brazil and the Caribbean
• Arabs and sugar production
• Effects of sugar production
• Racial systems and plantation complex
II. Comparing Colonial Societies in
the Americas
• C. Settler Colonies in North America
• Colonial society
• British settlers
• Self-government
• Dominance of North America
III. The Steppes and Siberia: The
Making of a Russian Empire
• A. Experiencing the Russian Empire
• Factors of conquest
• Effects of conquest
• Pressure to convert to Christianity
• Large-scale settlement and Russification
III. The Steppes and Siberia: The
Making of a Russian Empire
• B. Russians and Empire
• Imperial expansion
• Resources
• Russian identity problem
• Colonization experience
IV. Asian Empires
• A. Making China an Empire
• Qing dynasty
• Conquest of nomads
• Central Asian Empire
• Rule of conquered territory
IV. Asian Empires
• B. Muslims and Hindus in the Mughal Empire
• Mughals
• Emperor Akbar and Hindu accommodation
• Mughal toleration
IV. Asian Empires
• C. Muslims and Christians in the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Significant cross-cultural encounter
• Christians in the Balkans
IV. Asian Empires
• C. Muslims and Christians in the Ottoman Empire
(cont.)
• Jewish refugees
• Devshirme
• European admiration