Week 2

Modern Europe

Monday, Sep. 4: Update: No Class Labor Day

  • No class

Wednesday, Sep. 6: Exploration: Consequences

Presentation: https://lectures.nathanmichalewicz.org/modern-europe/exploration2

Secondary Sources:

  • Lincoln P. Paine, “The Birth of Global Trade (Excerpts),” in The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (New York: Vintage Books, 2015). (on Zotero) (a .epub, download an ebook reader to access. I recommend Calibre, Freda, or SumatraPDF)

Friday, Sep. 8: Discussion #1

Read:

  • “Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed July 18, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/aztecs1.asp.
  • “Vasco Da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed July 18, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1497degama.asp.
  • Hans Mayr, “The Voyage and Acts of Dom Francisco, 1505-,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 4, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1505mayr.asp.
  • “Las Casas, Destruction of the Indies,” January 16, 1998, https://web.archive.org/web/19980116133031/http:/pluto.clinch.edu/history/wciv2/civ2ref/casas.htm.
  • “Mexica Capture and Sacrifice Spaniards and Their Horses | AHA,” accessed July 21, 2023, https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/florentine-codex/mexica-capture-and-sacrifice-spaniards-and-their-horses
  • “Spaniards Besiege Tenochtitlan with Brigantines | AHA,” American Historical Association, accessed July 21, 2023, https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/florentine-codex/spaniards-besiege-tenochtitlan-with-brigantines.

Map Quiz Due