HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present)

2.1: Information Exchange and Changing Political Systems

• Dr. Jack E. Maxfield's "A Comprehensive Outline of World History: Chapters 30-32"

  Read Chapters 30-32 on pages 529-680. As you read these chapters, focus your attention on the sections that discuss the Near East, Europe, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Americas.

  Our second reading from this textbook will cover the 16th through the 18th centuries (1501-1800). We will examine the development of powerful monarchical regimes in Europe during these centuries.

• Hutton Webster's "World History"

  Read Chapter 8 and 9 on pages 281-334. Chapter 8 focuses on the rise of absolutist monarchies in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. The first section of Chapter 9 addresses European colonization and trade during the same time period.

• Nipissing University: Dr. Steve Muhlberger's "The Gunpowder Empires"

  Read these lecture notes.