Chapter 13

As I read through the intro and chapter 13, I was intrigued by how Strayer portrayed the Early Modern Era as being through 1450 -1750 since the idea of “modern” wasn’t really considered back then. Additionally, the introduction of modern started with big events happening like the Scientific Revolution, the significant growth in world population, new foods being traded between the newly found America and other countries, and the making of new weaponry with the idea that gunpowder was now valuable. Additionally, this intrigued me because the term modern can be used in so many ways and in todays definition of modern, I’m not sure if this description of the time period would be the first to cross their mind. They might think more about Industrializing or things that involve mass manufacturing or supplying. Overall, I did enjoy reading about how Strayer describes the early modern time period and thinking about how that relates to the people who read his work today. He does a good job of keeping it simple while providing the correct information to keep it interesting to people.