Unit+5+Changing+Global+Systems

=//Describe the emergence of the modern world economy and explain the key transitions that helped bring it about.// =   If all of North Saharan, Afro-Eurasia is devastated by the plague then why is it that Europe is able to emerge as the dominant world power? With the renewal of interests in Greek and Roman writing and philosophy, Europe was able to find its own identity in the Early Modern Era. As the fear and chaos of the plague ridden years subsided, an increased population and changing political and economic climate led European nations to venture outside of their borders in search of “Gold, God, and Glory.” With new emphasis placed on scientific discovery the legitimacy of the Catholic Church was questioned, many European countries were able to expand and conquer places not thought to exist. This unit explores, from a Eurocentric point of view, the costs and benefits of world convergence [coming together]. This time period forces us to see all the short and long term consequences, not only in Europe, but throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and especially the Americas, of world networking.   