Blog Post #10
Chapter 12 is about the worlds of the fifteenth century. Columbus's discovery is no doubt the most important discovery of the fifteenth century, but you can't leave out significances such as the European Renaissance, the Mongol Movement, and much more.
In Myng Dynasty China, the civilization was widely disrupted by Mongol rule and also reduced greatly by the plague. After a rebirth, China eventually climbed out of its hole. In Europe, the government was able to escape Mongol conquest, but its population was also reduced by a plague. "Since the First Civilizations had emerged between 3500 and 1000 b.c.e., both the geographic space they encompassed and he number of people they embraced had grown substantially. By the fifteenth century, a considerable majority of the worlds population lived within one or another of these civilizations, although most of these people no doubt identified more with local communities than with a larger civilization."
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