{"id":3121,"date":"2016-10-26T05:15:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/?page_id=3121"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:15:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:15:43","slug":"the-rise-of-absolutist-political-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/changing-political-systems-and-colonial-conflicts\/the-rise-of-absolutist-political-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of absolutist political systems"},"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\"><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=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reading<\/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<p>Read chapters 31-32 of the volume below, pp. 565-668.  As you do so, pay particular attention to the sections that discuss the Near East, Europe, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Americas.\n<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following questions as you complete your reading:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Which powers contested for dominance during this period?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> What was life like for ordinary people in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> What was the Treaty of Westphalia and what impact did it have in Europe?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> What was the impact of plague?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/6\/6a\/A_Comprehensive_Outline_of_World_History.pdf\">Jack Maxfield, <i>A Comprehensive Outline of World History<\/i>, Houston: Connexions, 2011, pp. 565-668.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCan you imagine what life might have been like for you if you lived during this period?  Share a thought about this with your fellow students by posting a comment on WEnotes below. 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