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Part 1: The Origins of the Modern World, 1400-1900

week 5 (3/11–13)
 
topics:
Tu. New World Empires
  Th. New World Economies: Sugar and the Atlantic Slave Trade
readings:
 Tu. OMW: pp. 71-82; Lieutenant Nun; ER: The Conquest of Mexico (web link)
  Th: OMW: pp. 82-92; ER: Definition of Mercantilism
ER: The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage (web link)
ER: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
task:
 Know the basic principles of mercantilism.