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Week 6: Enlightenment, Absolutism & Slavery (The problem of political…
Week 6: Enlightenment, Absolutism & Slavery
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) 
The Interesting Narrative
Peter the Great (1672-1725) Selections from Bishop Gilbert Burnet, History of My own Time (london 1698), Diarium itineris in Moscoviam, History of Peter the Great.
Chen Hongmou (1696-1771) "On the duties of an offical" & "on substantive learning"
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French Empire (1742)
Louisiana or New France (1682-1762) . Fur trade. Cedes to Britain and France in seven years war. Napoleon reclaims Spanish part (1801-1803)
Saint Dominique (Haiti, 1659), Spanish Colony until 1697: 2000 slaves. 1789: 500,000 slaves, sugar and some Tobacco
The "second hundred years war": Paying for Global Navies: the bank of England (1694). Mississippi & south sea stock bubbles (1720)
The 7 years war (1756-1763) Global war in 3 theaters: many actors, Struggle between Britain and France over empire. Huge debt burden
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
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The Emperor Kangxi sponsored many printing projects including a comprehensive dictionary, encyclopedias, and technical projects for color printing and copperplate engraving
Unlike Japan or Britain, the use of printing and literacy remained largely confined to the elite
Qing Military Power: Defeat of Russia in Amur Valley in 1686 , The Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)
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