PART FOUR: THE EARLY MODERN WORLD 1450–1750

1450–1750

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Illustration from the Padshahnama, ca. 1630–1640 (bodycolour with gold on paper)/Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2014/Bridgeman Images; Slave Merchant in Gorée Island, Senegal, from Encyclopédie des Voyages, engraved by L. F. Labrousse, 1796/Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France/Archives Charmet/Bridgeman Images; National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY

Contents

Chapter 13. Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750

Chapter 14. Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750

Chapter 15. Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750