THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE, 1450-1770Standard 1: How the transoceanic interlinking of all major regions of the world from 1450 to 1600 led to global transformations Show Standard 2: How European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformations in an age of global intercommunication, 1450-1750 Standard 3: How large territorial empires dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries Standard 4: Economic, political, and cultural interrelations among peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, 1500-1750 Standard 5: Transformations in Asian societies in the era of European expansion Standard 6: Major global trends from 1450 to 1770 The Iberian voyages of the late 15th and early 16th centuries linked not only Europe with the Americas but laid down a communications net that ultimately joined every region of the world with every other region. As the era progressed ships became safer, bigger, and faster, and the volume of world commerce soared. The web of overland roads and trails expanded as well to carry goods and people in and out of the interior regions of Eurasia, Africa, and the American continents. The demographic, social, and cultural consequences of this great global link-up were immense. The deep transformations that occurred in the world during this era may be set in the context of three overarching patterns of change.
Why Study This Era?
STANDARD 1How the transoceanic interlinking of all major regions of the world from 1450-1600 led to global transformations. Standard 1A The student understands the origins and consequences of European overseas expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Standard 1B The student understands the encounters between Europeans and peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Standard 1C The student understands the consequences of the worldwide exchange of flora, fauna, and pathogens.
STANDARD 2How European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformations in an age of global intercommunication, 1450-1750. Standard 2A The student understands demographic, economic, and social trends in Europe.
Standard 2B The student understands the Renaissance, Reformation, and Catholic Reformation.
Standard 2C The student understands the rising military and bureaucratic power of European states between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Standard 2D The student understands how the Scientific Revolution contributed to transformations in European society.
Standard 2E The student understands the significance of the Enlightenment in European and world history.
STANDARD 3How large territorial empires dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries. Standard 3A The student understands the extent and limits of Chinese regional power under the Ming dynasty.
Standard 3B The student understands how Southeast Europe and Southwest Asia became unified under the Ottoman Empire.
Standard 3C The student understands the rise of the Safavid and Mughal empires.
STANDARD 4Economic, political, and cultural interrelations among peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, 1500-1750. Standard 4A The student understands how states and peoples of European descent became dominant in the Americas between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Standard 4B The student understands the origins and consequences of the trans-Atlantic African slave trade.
Standard 4C The student understands patterns of change in Africa in the era of the slave trade.
STANDARD 5Transformations in Asian societies in the era of European expansion. Standard 5A The student understands the development of European maritime power in Asia.
Standard 5B The student understands the transformations in India, China, and Japan in an era of expanding European commercial power.
Standard 5C The student understands major cultural trends in Asia between the 16th and 18th centuries.
STANDARD 6Major global trends from 1450-1770. Standard 6A The student understands major global trends from 1450 to 1770.
What political and cultural factors influenced society from 1450During the period 1450 to 1750, the structures of African slave trade and Indian Ocean Trade Network remained largely the same despite European involvement, while the new Columbian Exchange and the massive increase in demand for slaves caused significant changes.
What changes in economic and labor systems existed in the 1450 to 1750 time period?How did labor systems develop between 1450-1750? Traditional peasant agriculture increased and changed, plantations expanded, and demand for labor increased. These changes both fed and responded to growing global demand for raw materials and finished products.
What changed in the period of 1450The slave trade changed the power dynamics on the African continent, first between native Africans and later between Africans and Europeans.
What was happening in the world from 1450 to 1750?The era between 1450 and 1750 saw the appearance of several land-based empires who built their power on the use of gunpowder: the Ottomans and the Safavids in Southwest Asia , the Mughals in India , the Ming and Qing in China , and the new Russian Empire.
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