ipl-logo

Before American Hegemony Summary

2429 Words10 Pages

In the historical text, Before European Hegemony, Janet L. Abu-Lughod unravels many themes as she tries to unveil the shaping of the world system between the 13th and 16th century. Two main themes that thread throughout the book and its entirety are the development of trade and that all participants in the world system merely had regional influence because they were interdependent societies. Technical, political and social advancements in many states and cities allowed them to flourish, including cities of the Champagne Fairs, Bruges and Ghent, Genoa and Venice and more. China participated in the advancement of trade and with their size and resources were on their way to global hegemony but chose not to. The development of each location caused them to prosper but their power only reigned throughout their sphere of influence and hardly expanded. Abu-Lughod argues that the result of their inability to expand caused no single country or state to dominate the world system during the 14th century. Cities of the Champagne Fairs (Abu- Lughod, 51) are one of the many prime examples of development within the world system. Champagne Fairs were an annual cycle of trading fairs held in towns within the Champagne region. The Champagne region is northeast of France, lying between the boundaries of Belgium and Paris, not excluding contemporary …show more content…

Abu- Lughod argues that before the West was able to rise, the East had to fall. Ironically, Muslims from Baghdad and Christians traded with each other secretly during the medieval era. The Persian Gulf and the Red Sea were in competition with one another because both offered alternate routes to the Indian Ocean. The repercussions of the Mongols conquest of Baghdad and Baghdad’s decline were that the Persian Gulf denied going through a power struggle with the Red

Show More
Related

Summary Of Chapter 16 Patterns Of World History

1128 Words | 5 Pages

All in all the conflicts between Christians and Ottoman Muslims in Eastern Europe stems from vast cultural differences, coupled with the Muslims invading and conquering a significant portion of Eastern

Read More

Summary Of The American Empire By Andrew J. Bacevich

941 Words | 4 Pages

Debra Rogers U.S. Diplomatic History Hist. 3306 CRN 21772 Dr. J. Parks The American Empire American Empire was written by Andrew J. Bacevich how seem to be an very intelligent book writer who attended and completed his schooling at West Point and late took interested in joining the United State army. Reading the book Bacevich talks about how he served in the Vietnam War, which at some point became very interesting to me. Bacevich gives me the impression that he is fully educated about the military.

Read More

How Did The Silk Roads Affect Western Europe

1125 Words | 5 Pages

In the time period from 600- 1450 C.E, at the beginning of the post classical era there was an increase in trade and major religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam began to spread through trading routes such as the silk roads. The silk roads made easier the spread of many ideas and goods such as weaponry across regions. As these religions spread they became the foundation of new empires and allowing a structure and keeping peace among the people. Over time trade became more and more important with merchants traveling long distances and selling luxury goods to the elites, and commerce on the Indian ocean allowed for an abundance of goods to be transported over a large distance by sea, thus new states and empires coming into greater

Read More

China Was The Critical Turning Points In 1200-1800

716 Words | 3 Pages

China and Portugal held most of the global power with the Black Death, navigation and slave trade being the critical turning points in 1200-1800. China was a major global power based on the amount of territory it held, its advanced technology, and efficient trade system. The Song dynasty, 960-1279, were the first to use a monetized economy using silver coins and paper money which was revolutionizing since they no longer had to carry around heavy gold where they went. Song dynasty trade was at the top with high demand for their exotic products that the Europeans were slowly becoming more and more dependent on, “export of manufactured goods (silks, porcelain, books) and import of raw materials (spices, minerals, horses)”. Under the rule of the Mongols, 1279-1368, China’s territory expanded through rapid conquest from the east to the banks of the black sea.

Read More

Biographies Of Hegemony Analysis

1147 Words | 5 Pages

Title Economic inequality was created. Lots of factors lead to the long-standing social inequality, such as gender, ethnicity, age, level of education and so on. How would people split up income between the top ten percent and the rest if it were up to them? It depends on which group they belong to. They strive for more benefit for themselves.

Read More

American Dominance In The 1500s

859 Words | 4 Pages

World domination has been a common trait for Europeans in the 1500’s. Each countries’ ruler had a goal of conquering more land than their enemy. This led to bloody wars and tense times among many countries. The Spanish rulers had made an inference that winning land on their continent would be difficult. As a result, they decided to send conquistador, Francisco Pizarro and his crew across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.

Read More

American Dominance In The 1500s

851 Words | 4 Pages

World domination has been a common trait for Europeans in the 1500’s. Each countries’ ruler had a goal of conquering more land than their enemy conquered. This led to bloody wars and tense times among many countries. The Spanish rulers inferred that winning land on their continent would be difficult, as a result, they decided to send conquistador, Francisco Pizarro and his crew across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. When Pizarro and his crew reached South America, they took over the Incan’s land by having better resources, mechanical advantages, and having more experience than the Incas.

Read More

Roles Of Dominance And Hegemony Throughout The Pre-Modern Era

356 Words | 2 Pages

The roles of dominance and hegemony vary from empire to empire and ruler to ruler throughout the pre-modern era. The Egyptian empire exercised hegemony and the Middle East and European empires exercised a balance of the two. Thutmosis I expanded Egypt’s power but ruled the conquered territories in an indirect manner. For example, the conquered countries of Syria and Palestine were able to remain self-governing.

Read More

How Did China Affect The Progress Of Industrialization In China

611 Words | 3 Pages

During the Industrial Revolution, China and Europe had similar occasions for growth and development; it is clear that Europe seized available opportunities and implemented them eagerly. In contrast, China chose to resist external influences and remain less industrialized during that period. This essay will focus on the government stance regarding international trade and how that position directly affected the progress of industrialization in these two parts of the world. When addressing this issue and its development in China, it is important to consider the history of the Qing Dynasty and its resistance to the inclusion of outsiders, particularly in regard to trade.

Read More

Before Columbus, By Peter Frankopan

248 Words | 1 Pages

Written by Peter Frankopan shows some great details of the history of Europe and Asia. But he claims to write about the history of the world, whole civilizations and continents, including Africa and the Americas, only are mentioned when he is already talking about Europeans. His main focus in the book is about Europe and Asian, and his goal is to educate reader that the stories about Asia and Europe are really one, that they interacted before the silk road and that they also interact even more today. Well researched and great writing Frankopan’s book is a good read, with ⅖ about the centuries before Columbus, ⅓ to the early modern era and ⅖ to the 19th and 20th centuries. The book’s theme is about globalization during the Silk Road and even

Read More

House Of Wisdom Tumbling Down

1143 Words | 5 Pages

Tyler Strunk Professor Hartzok History, MWF 1:00 pm December 1, 2014 The House of Wisdom, Tumbling Down In the foreword of his book When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World, Hugh Kennedy states that his intention was “to tell the story of the Abbasid caliphs and their court in the two centuries that constituted their golden age”(Kennedy, Foreword xix).

Read More

Abbasid Golden Age: The House Of Wisdom

433 Words | 2 Pages

During the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad served as a center for trade, scholarship, and culture. The city's strategic location on the Tigris River made it an important hub for commerce and trade “by land and by water.” Therefore “people from all countries had residential quarters there

Read More

Ottoman Empire Research Paper

422 Words | 2 Pages

For over 400 years, the Ottoman Empire ruled over the region that we call today the “Middle East”. The closeness of the region to Europe and its geographical advantage led to a European power struggle for economic and political authority/control over the ‘Middle East’ (Lockman, 2004). Therefore, due to a weakened Ottoman Empire, the West started interfering in the regional affairs and gradually shaped the ‘Middle East’ as we know it today. The rise of strong local leaders within the Ottoman Empire, but also the invasion of ancient Egypt by Napoleon Bonaparte created the western concept of ‘The Eastern question’, which refers to the period from the end of the 18th century to prior WWI, to exert European influences and destabilise the Ottoman Empire. Internal dynamics were the creation of the independent province of Egypt within the Ottoman which led to a rise of uprisings in other parts of the Empire (Serbia:

Read More

Achaemenid Empire

810 Words | 4 Pages

Mesopotamia, for thousands of years, has been the epicenter for the cyclic rise and fall of great empires throughout history. Empires would fall, only to give birth to a new, more powerful empires whose power and reach has been unprecedented. In the mid ninth century, the Assyrian Empire controlled this land under aggressive, fierce and brutal rule. The Assyrian Empire’s overly aggressive rule essentially gave birth to Persia, a secondary state in its peripheries who united through imitation, as well as through concerted resistance to their powerful primary state neighbor, the Assyrian Empire.

Read More

Essay On The Significance Of Regionalism

1311 Words | 6 Pages

I EMERGENCE OF REGIONALISM Global economic integration is a phenomenon that can be traced back to seven centuries ago since the travels of Marco Polo. Since his travel, integration has taken place through trade, factor movements and communication of economically useful knowledge and technology and is on the rise ever since. Regionalism is considered to be far from being uniform process; it has however emerged in various stages which are shaped by both external and internal factors. The starting point for regionalism is roughly estimated to be post the Second World War.

Read More

More about Before American Hegemony Summary

Related Topics

Open Document