{"id":3119,"date":"2016-10-26T05:15:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/?page_id=3119"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:15:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:15:39","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/changing-political-systems-and-colonial-conflicts\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:152px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/5f\/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg\/150px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Louis XIV of France, widely considered an &#8216;Absolute Monarch&#8217;.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This learning pathway will provide you with an understanding of how Absolutist political systems developed in Europe and elsewhere. It explores how a long history of warfare in Europe, followed by the Treaty of Westphalia, created new conceptions of power and sovereignty. The spread of gunpowder technology led to fundamental changes in warfare and contributed to the rise of powerful, centralized states.  This learning pathway also considers colonization during the 1600s and 1700s and ongoing conflicts for control of trade, territory and influence.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this learning pathway you will complete five readings on Absolutist political systems, the impact of gunpowder on warfare, and colonization.\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Obtain an overview of how Absolutist political systems arose in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Examine the impact of gunpowder on warfare and how new methods of warfare led to the development of centralized states.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Learn about conflicts over colonial possessions in the Americas and the growing dominance of Northern European states.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.075 seconds\nReal time usage: 1.385 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 104\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 776\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2255\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 758\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:176684-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161026051533 and revision id 1002584\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/the-impact-of-global-trade\/review\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/changing-political-systems-and-colonial-conflicts\/the-rise-of-absolutist-political-systems\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis XIV of France, widely considered an &#8216;Absolute Monarch&#8217;. This learning pathway will provide you with an understanding of how Absolutist political systems developed in Europe and elsewhere. It explores how a long history of warfare in Europe, followed by the Treaty of Westphalia, created new conceptions of power and sovereignty. 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