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Transcript of 2018 First Eden
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David Attenborough
“The Wastes of War” – episode 3 of
The First Eden: The Mediterranean
World and Man
William H. McNeill
The Rise of the West: A History of the
Human Community
Diffusion Theory
Regional History
Fernand BraudelThe Mediterranean and the Mediterranean
World in the Age of Philip II
The Mediterranean legacy in Europe included
cultivated crops and its associated consumption
habits; monotheistic religion; urbanism; the
language, laws, and pretensions of the state as
mental and cultural tools; the prestige of the written
word; and the instruments of chronology.
The Mediterranean culture ceased to be dominant
in the 15th or 16th century, but the new Atlantic
culture absorbed much of it and transmitted its
elements to the Americas, and Australasia.
The Rise of the West
The Mediterranean World
The Rise of the West
Diffusion
Theory
The Rise of the West
Diffusion Theory
Diffusion of skill and knowledge from one
community to its neighbors and neighbors’
neighbors constitutes the central process
of human history. William H. McNeill
The Rise of the West
Diffusion Theory
Ever since significant differences in skills
arose among separate human groups,
borrowing back and forth has taken place
whenever someone saw a real or apparent
advantage in doing so. William H. McNeill
The Rise of the West
Diffusion Theory
Sometimes . . . Ideological principles
required borrowers to deny that they had
imitated strangers.
The literary record . . . tends to divide
humankind into separate . . . watertight
compartments. William H. McNeill
Themes from The Wastes of War
The Taming of the HorseWarfare and Migration
The Triumph of IslamA militant religion
Cordoba
The Animal Myths of Europe
Christianity and superstition
The “Dark Ages”
The Christian CrusadesEurope confronts, and learns from, a higher civilization
Eastern animals move West
The Black Death
The Destruction of the Forest
Merino sheep and the Spanish mesta
power, wealth, destruction
Warfare and more environmental waste
The Venetian Empire
1571 - Islam repelled at Lepanto
Dates from The Wastes of War
410-50 Barbarian invasions of Europe
622-32 Mohammed and rise of Islam
711 Arab invasion of Spain
1095 Pope Urban II calls 1st Crusade
1097-1271 Krak de Chevaliers
1347 Black Plague hits Europe
1571 Battle of Lepanto
The Rise of the West
Consequences of Migrations
Warfare
What pushes people out of a region?
Spread of Diseases
Demography & History
Cultural & Technological Exchanges
Diffusion
From East to West
Environmental Change
Destruction by civilizations
The Rise of the West
Historical Role of the Horse
The Rise of the West
Economic value of animals
The Mesta
The Rise of the West
Historical consequences of disease
The Rise of the West
Military rise of Islam
The Rise of the West
Political & economic aspects of the Crusades
The Rise of the West
Lessons of
Krak de
Chevalier
•Military
•Economic
•Social
The Rise of the West
Consequences
of Lepanto
•Military
•Environmental
•Political
•Follow the
money
The Rise of the West
Islamic
Iberia
Spain &
Portugal
The Rise of the West
Technology transfer
The Rise of the West
Europe: Ignorance &
Fear of the Natural World
The Rise of the West
Destruction of
the Environment
The Rise of the West
The Mediterranean World
The Rise of the West
The Rise of the West
The Columbian Exchange
