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Chapter 19

Empires in Collision Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia  1800-1914  Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis  King George of Britain received a rebuff from China in 1793. In one letter to the British monarch, the Chinese emperor Qianlong rejected the British request for a less restricted trading relationship with his country. Chinese authoresses strictly limited the activities of European missionaries and merchants. In 1912 China's state collapsed. The american food crops grew the population in 1685 from 100 million to 430 million in 1853. The industrial revolution was not the spark that led the population. China's expansion nor the the agriculture was the contribute. The result was growing pressure on the land, and smaller farms for China's huge population. The Ottoman Empire and the West in the 19th Century  The Islamic world represented a highly successful civilization. Islamic civilization has been the neighbor of Europe for nearly 1,...
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Chapter 15

Science and Religion : The coming together? Protestant Reformation  -New Christianity - Catholic churches were accepted Requirement to be Catholic; Only the priest were able to read the bible. So therefore there was only the interpretation of the priest. He could be telling the people anything they wanted. Truthfully or false. But once others began to learn how to read they felt their was a slightly different interpretation. That's when Christianity broke off into their own group. -Catholic vs Christian became a thing although they are the same thing Scientific Revolution -Scientific method was developed to help people understand reality -The question then arose "How do I know what can I trust?" There were two major scientist during this period -Copernicus  he discovered that the sun is the center of the earth -Galileo made a better telescope. And Copernicus confirmed his theory -Galileo was punished by the Catholic churches. They forced him to say that his...
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Chapter 21

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