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Global interactions in the early modern age, 1400-1800 /
"Interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial states in the early modern period set in motion in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge essential histories.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial states in the early modern period set in motion interactions between people from around the world. These included new commercial networks, large-scale migration streams, global biological exchanges, and transfers of knowledge across oceans and continents. These in turn wove together the major regions of the world. In an age of extensive cultural, political, military, and economic contact, a host of individuals, companies, tribes, states, and empires were in competition. Yet they also cooperated with one another, leading ultimately to the integration of global space"--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511776823 0511776829 9780511774249 0511774249 9780511780851 0511780850 1282658042 9781282658042 9786612658044 6612658045 0511776063 9780511776069 051177317X 051177530X 9780511775307 9780511773174 |