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The world around 1600
Dr. Ashley Eva Millar
Department of Historical Studies
University of Cape Town
Outline
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Snapshot of the world in 1500
Polycentric world
Globalised world
1. China’s Ming Dynasty
2. Songhai Empire (West Africa)
3. Mughal Dynasty (India)
4. European societies
www.worldmapper.org
Polycentric world
Globalised world
1. Ming Dynasty (China)
1368-1644
-Sinocentric?
Relatively high
standard of living
Advanced,
commercial
economy
Meritocracy
Advanced public works
Zheng He (b. 1371- d. 1433)
Voyages: 1405 - 1433
2. Songhai Empire (West Africa)
1340-1591
Sonni Ali the Great
(reigned 1464-1493)
Askia Muhammad the Great
(reigned 1493-1528)
Timbuktu
3. Mughal Empire (India)
1526-1858
Akbar
(reigned 15561605)
Taj Mahal (built 1632-1653)
Shah Jehan I (r. 1627-1658)
4. European societies
Feudalism
(c. 9th – 15th centuries)
The Black Death
Peaked 1348 - 1350
The Renaissance
(c. 14th -17th centuries)
Conclusion
• World around 1600 was polycentric (many
centers of trade, culture, political power)
• Early modern world was not stagnant but
extremely dynamic
• In many ways it was also globalised
(trade, disease, ideas, religions – all
travelling)
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