Learning Objectives
After studying this time period, you will be able to:
- Describe the effects, both positive and negative, of legal systems and independence movements on race, class, and gender.
- Describe the interaction of specialized labor systems and social hierarchies.
- Demonstrate ways in which economic systems, and values and ideologies, have influenced each other.
- Explain how production and commerce develop and change.
- Explain how societies can be changed or challenged over time.
- Describe the impact of ideology and belief on populations.
- Assess the impact of technology and exchange networks on the environment.