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The conquest of the New World did not begin from a closed world suddenly discovering connection; Jiang says the world had always been interconnected in limited forms, but the sixteenth century made the collision violent and sustained.
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The conquest of the New World did not begin from a closed world suddenly discovering connection; Jiang says the world had always been interconnected in limited forms, but the sixteenth century made the collision violent and sustained.
"It's become very wealthy, very cosmopolitan because of this. This globalized trade becomes much more concentrated, becomes much more rapid during the Mongolian conquests,..."
"It's always been globalized, so we can assume that even before the Vikings, there were some encounters between the old world and the new..."
"...the major powers, France, England, Portugal, Spain, they are engaging in maritime exploration. And it started in the 16th century. What happened is that..."
Disease, steel, horses, and divide-and-conquer matter.
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