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The Rise of a Global Economy
Season 2
The Seven Years’ War (1754–1763) established a new balance of power in Europe in which Britain emerged as the dominant empire. The French surrendered…
2 years, 6 months ago
European Colonization in the Americas
Season 2
European settlers in North America were a diverse group with a wide array of motives. Many Spaniards came as part of a broader search for “God, Gold,…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Season 2
To extract wealth from their colonies, over the course of the late fifteenth through the early nineteenth centuries, European nations shipped approxi…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Mercantilist Economy
Season 2
According to mercantilist theory, to achieve power, nations must maximize their store of precious metals by importing as few goods as possible while …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Protestant Reformation
Season 2
In the sixteenth century, many European Christians were critical of practices within the Catholic Church. Some scholars in northern Europe had turned…
2 years, 6 months ago
Crossing the Atlantic
Season 2
With the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, Europeans found themselves forced to deal with Muslim middlemen to access the prized goods o…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Safavid Empire
Season 2
The establishment of the Safavid state under Shah Ismail I in 1501 was followed by rapid territorial expansion, but conflict between factions of the …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Ottoman Empire
Season 2
The Ottoman Empire was one of the most diverse political entities of its time. Sultans such as Suleiman I encouraged people of all ethnicities to set…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Connected Islamic World
Season 2
By the sixteenth century, the religion of Islam had spread far beyond its point of origin in Southwest Asia. Islamic communities, large empires, and …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
Season 2
Kanem-Bornu, which dominated Central Sudan and maintained an active caravan trade with the states of North Africa in the thirteenth century, was dest…
2 years, 6 months ago