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The Western Experience book cover
The Western Experience, 8/e
Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Economic Expansion and a New Politics

Essay Quiz



1

If Machiavelli were alive today, what kinds of recommendations would he make to someone who wanted to gain and retain political office?

2

If you were adviser to Charles V, what policies would you suggest to retain the wealth coming from South America within Spain? What factors would you have to consider in making your recommendations?

3

Considering both the costs and benefits of European expansion, do you think on balance that it was a good thing? Is it possible that comparable benefits have been realized at less cost in the context of the times?

4

Contrast European expansion with that of some or all of the following: the Ottomans, the Mongols, the Arabs, the Romans, and the Greeks. Was the European case qualitatively different? Why or why not?









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