The authors choose to put the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals together in chapter 28 because they probably assumed that integrating all these Islamic Empires together would be beneficial for the reader since he/she would be able to compare and contrast the different societies that had similar origins and religious backgrounds. In my opinion, I thought this was a very lousy way to go about organizing the chapter. It was extremely confusing at points to separate the different societies because it was all in one big jumble. By the end of the reading, I had to go back and take my own notes and separate them because when I finished reading, I had intertwined many of the facts amongst the Ottomans, Sadavids, and Mughals.
This period of global interactions was a good thing because, although many negative aspects came along with it inherently, the overall outcome was far more critical then the few missteps which occurred along the way. The negative aspects consist of the fact that slavery was promoted and advocated through trade and also, with the increased trade, many diseases were transmitted and spread from society to society. Besides this and a few other mishaps, global interactions were crucial in the development of the modern world because it helped improve trade and communication between Europe, America, and Africa. Transportation became more efficient, which helped facilitate trade and increase the amount of items and ideas that were being spread from all these different areas.
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