Section AA Study Questions by Danwei Zhu https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx en-us 2022-12-06 00:01:53 UTC 2026-02-23 20:23:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Post the study questions you want to discuss in Thursday's class (Don't reply to this post!) danweizhu13 https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx/wish/2409896046 2022-12-06 00:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx/wish/2409896046 Provide two different explanations for the origins of the Industrial Revolution: One, by focusing mostly on domestic conditions in Britain and the creativity and foresight of British entrepreneurs and inventors; two, by emphasizing external factors such as Britain’s economic and political relations with America, Asia and Africa Compare the two explanations in terms of their weaknesses and strengths. (Please note that focusing on one factor does not mean that you exclude everything else.) danweizhu13 https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx/wish/2409928459 2022-12-06 00:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx/wish/2409928459 study guide question https://padlet.com/danweizhu13/hy15thi1v4r84hcx/wish/2413862035 We mentioned three long-distance travelers, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zeng-He who left their homes for long voyages in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and wrote about their experiences. Identify where each one of these travelers came from and describe their occupations. Does this information tell us anything about what role the home-countries/states of these travelers were playing in the world system before European hegemony? 

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state and the Genoese state helped their 
private capitalists between 1250 and 1350.  In answering this question, you should identify the separate goals of the two states on the one hand and private capitalists on the other and explain how they were able to realize some of these goals by cooperating with each other.
 
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