Unit 3:
WHG ERA 5 – THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE, 15TH TO 18TH CENTURIES
November 11 to January 12
Overarching Question
How and to what effect did networks of exchange transform human societies?
Focus Questions
- How do the Eurasian empires in this era compare to those in earlier eras (e.g., China, Rome, Mongol) in their systems of governance and capacity to unify their territories politically, economically, and culturally?
- How influential were internal factors (e.g., Renaissance, Reformation, demographic, economic, and social changes) and factors external to Europe (e.g., decline of the Mughal empire and the decreasing engagement of China and Japan) in increasing Europe’s global power?
- How did growing trade, the spread of ideas, and technological developments result in the First Global Age?