History 9/9

Rome: a person could be made a slave through war, nonpayment of debt, or even sell themselves into slavery. Slaves could also buy their freedom and could even become powerful politically

Ottoman slaves could also gain political power and prestige through state services

Slavery in Africa: not belonging. Freedom equals belonging, that means that a free person belongs to a kin group, clan or kingdom

Brazilian Sugar Plantations: Caribbean territories were areas of sugar production making brazil the largest exporter. Labor was intensive requiring many workers.

Tobacco:

Rice: An African crop rice was introduced by enslaved peoples to the americas, particularly Louisiana, south Carolina and Georgia (wetlands) Requires relatively little supervision so enslaved peoples in rice plantations tended to remain in stable homogenous crops with little interaction with white enslavers

Cotton plantations and the cotton gin: just like tobacco cotton was a labor intensive crop that led to expansions of plantation culture

World History 9/14 (week 4, lecture 8)

What is islam?

Dhimi:

Safavid empire: Descended from Persian muslims and renamed Persian territory to Iran

Shah Ismail I: the founder of the Safavids:

Twelver Shi‘ism:

Shah Abbas the great: (1588-1629):

Safavid Administration and culture:

Mughal empire:

Babur: Founder of the Mughal empire:

Abu Akbar:

Aurangzeb:

Mughal syncretism: Sikh Religion:

Mughal culture and administration: