In the curriculum College Board write THREE pages on this stuff -- THREE! So know it. Love it. Make it your best friend. Essentially the empires from the previous page are what are discussed but I've added some more videos on other topics. In class we will discuss 4.4 and 4.5 together because that makes the most sense. Definitely be able to compare and contrast the empires.

You should be able to:

(GOV) Explain how rulers employed economic strategies to consolidate and maintain power throughout the period from 1450 to 1750.

• Mercantilist policies and practices were used by European rulers to expand and control their economies and claim overseas territories. Joint-stock companies, influenced by these mercantilist principles, were used by rulers and merchants to finance exploration and were used by rulers to compete against one another in global trade.

• Economic disputes led to rivalries and conflict between states.

• Competition over trade routes:

  • Muslim–European rivalry in the Indian Ocean

  • Moroccan conflict with the Songhai Empire

(ECN) Explain the continuities and changes in networks of exchange from 1450 to 1750.

• The Atlantic trading system involved the movement of goods, wealth, and labor, including slaves.

• The new global circulation of goods was facilitated by chartered European monopoly companies and the global flow of silver, especially from Spanish colonies in the Americas, which was used to purchase Asian goods for the Atlantic markets and satisfy Chinese demand for silver. Regional markets continued to flourish in Afro-Eurasia by using established commercial practices and new transoceanic and regional shipping services developed by European merchants.

• Peasant and artisan labor continued and intensified in many regions as the demand for food and consumer goods increased.

• Increased peasant and artisan labor:

  • Western Europe— wool and linen

  • India—cotton

  • China—silk

(SIO) Explain how political, economic and cultural factors affected society from 1450 to 1750.

• Some notable gender and family restructuring occurred, including demographic changes in Africa that resulted from the slave trades.

• The Atlantic trading system involved the movement of labor—including slaves—and the mixing of African, American, and European cultures and peoples, with all parties contributing to this cultural synthesis.

(CDI) Explain the similarities and differences in how various belief systems affected societies from 1450 to 1750.

• In some cases, the increase and intensification of interactions between newly connected hemispheres expanded the reach and furthered development of existing religions, and contributed to religious conflicts and the development of syncretic belief systems and practices.