Strayer: Intro to Part 4

seminal=seed ex seminal thinkers were those with ideas so profound that they still affect our lives today, buddah, socrates, jesus, confucius, mohammad
The modern era is a European era
The renaissance was a rebirth of classical greek ideas and humanism
Science as a way of understanding is bein questioned today
Paleolithic, neolithic, ancient, classical, modern, We are spending a whole semester on the modern era so it is important to know classical greek era as well because it was what created the renaissance
conventionally the early modern era
genuine globalization, modern societies, strong european presence in global affairs
columbian exchange, scientific revolution, eurasia recovers from black death
late agrarian period

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