Class Schedule: Week 8
Monday,
March 13
Topic of
Discussion:
The Early European
Overseas Empires
Readings:
Archer, Ferris,
Herwig, and Tavers, pp. 240-242, 440-448
Excerpts from
Bernal Diaz, The Conquest of New Spain (1576) [Blackboard]
Wednesday,
March 15
Topic of
Discussion:
Absolutism
and the Rise of the State
Readings:
Archer, Ferris,
Herwig, and Tavers, pp. 303-307, 319-362
Excerpts from
Frederick the Great, The History of My Own Times (ca. 1770s) [Blackboard]
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