TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Global interactions in the early modern age, 1400-1800 T2 - Cambridge essential histories A1 - Parker, Charles H. LA - eng PP - Cambridge ; New York PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2010 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2361447 AB - "Interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial states in the early modern period set in motion interactions between people from around the world. These included new commercial networks, large-scale migration streams, global biological exchanges, and transfers of knowledge across oceans and continents. These in turn wove together the major regions of the world. In an age of extensive cultural, political, military, and economic contact, a host of individuals, companies, tribes, states, and empires were in competition. Yet they also cooperated with one another, leading ultimately to the integration of global space"--Provided by publisher. SN - 0-521-68867-1 nidottu SN - 0-521-86866-1 sidottu SN - 978-0-521-68867-3 nidottu SN - 978-0-521-86866-2 sidottu KW - Acculturation : History. KW - Culture and globalization : History. KW - International cooperation : History. KW - International relations : History. KW - Social history : 16th century. KW - Social history : 17th century. KW - Social history : Medieval, 500-1500. KW - World politics : To 1900. KW - akkulturaatio KW - globalisaatio KW - historia KW - kansainvälistyminen KW - sosiaalihistoria KW - Asia : Relations : Europe. KW - Europe : Relations : Asia. ER -