Thursday, December 4, 2008

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  • These chapters are about the Western Centuries of Genius.

  • Far to the west of the oceanic world of Polynesia, Europeans were also exploring new horizon, intellectual as well as maritime.

  • Those new dynastic great states were best exempplified by the Habsburg and the French mornarchies.

  • The French monarchy, already very formidable under Francis I was based on the most populous and favorably situated country in the West, and inherited the predominance of the French mediveal kings, resserted under Louis XI.

  • This chapter was also about Mughal India , Iran. and the Ottman Turks.

4 Questions


  • What exactly were the Ottman Turks?
  • Where did Hinduism come from?
  • Who was Aurangzeb?
  • What effect did the Ottman Turks?

3 Vocabulary

  • chequered-patterned with alternating squares of color


  • perennial-lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring


  • diplomacy-the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.

2 Literary Terms


  • Allusion


  • Conflict


1 Overview Sentence

This chapter was about how the wester part of the world contributed to the stability of the world now.


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