本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 11-12-2018 12:10 编辑
Episode 3&4 aired on Saturday 8 Dec, 2018 on SBS ONE
right now you can see it on SBS on Demand
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1379440707881/story-of-europe-achievements-and-rewards?resume=1
The Story of Europe, hosted by Dr. Christopher Clark, anAustralia-born Cambridge historian
1. Origins & Identity
2. Beliefs & Ideas
3. Ambitions & Conquests
4. Achievements & Rewards
5. Commonalities & Division
6. State of Play
3.
· Europeans have always been driven by a thirstfor adventure, a lust for power, and, not least, by greed. · Vikings · Why did Renaissance become an era of EuropeanWorld exploration? The driven forces: the intellectual curiosity? The competitiveambition of powerful states? The Spaniards and the Portuguese were the first,the Dutch, the British and the French followed hard on their heels. The Italianexplorer, Marco Polo -> Christopher Columbus supported by the Spanish crown. · Original inhabitants believed the land belong toeveryone; whereas the Europeans had developed the concept of ‘private property’. · The reasons that China did not initiate theexploration: the 3rd emperor of the Ming dynasty ascended the thronein 1402 sent out Zheng He. ‘Your servants hope that your Majesty will notpermit warlike plans and the gaining of glory by expeditions to distant lands,give your people of a period of rest.’ – the Chinese authorities had littleinterest in the ‘outside’ world. Additionally, they have one ruler, powerfocused in one place. · Treaty of Tordesillas, 7 June 1494, agreementbetween Spain and Portugal on the division of the new world. · The American’s potato fed the masses in Europeand finally the Europeans had enough to eat lay foundation for European power. · Sugar industry in the late 18c was dramaticallyincreased; paralleled with slavery transportation (triangle route) · The Amsterdam stock exchange was established inthe early 17th c.(1602) // tulip craze = Tulip mania; art works = DutchGolden Age (the dark side of European wealth – the acquisition of wealth was exploitationof other peoples · Slavery was condemned in 15..? but enforced only200 years later. · British James Cook’s carried a secret message,finding a new colony for the country. · Boston Tea Party: the first step towardsindependence; the battle of Yorktown in 1781; Declaration of Independence (allmen are created equal) ; Europeans from the old world emigrated to the new. · 14 powers divided Africa in Germany in 19thc; later expanded to China.
4, · In 15th c, city-states in Italy were flourishing whilethe source of that wealth wa competition. Medichi family supported art works,Last Supper, Michelangelo and his David, the Last Judgement, celebrating thenaked form. This was the era of Renaissance sought the knowledge of ancientGreece and Rome. · Ancient philosophers: Socrates, Plato,Aristotle, great thinkers in the skill of reasoning. · Isaac Newton, 200 years later Charles Darwin,Albert Einstein, atoms (partnership) · The fundamental questions of human are who weare, where we come from and where we will go. · Galileo · Leonardo’s inventions and achievements, hisunfinished but the most renown work Mona Lisa · The Global Theatre, public entertainment =Shakespeare, a transformer · CharlieChaplin, Marlene Dietrich, · Louis XIV’ , the Sun King, moved his whole royalcourt to Versailles. His dine was out on a show. A century earlier an Italiannoble woman had tried to teach the French proper manners and fine dining,booming luxury industries till today. Paris produces the hottest fashion today. · Peter the Great, 18 months’ journey to catch upwith the modernity of Europe. · Joseph Stalin · The Beatles, music band · Beethoven’s ninth and final symphony finished inVienna, 1824; Ode to Joy
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发表于 10-12-2018 11:40:46
。Clark 选的题目是相当大的，涉及的内容也很多，有时一句话，甚至半句话都是有大量背景资料支持的；不过挑自己感兴趣的一点点灌你的水泥吧 
发表于 22-12-2018 23:06:32
;。 Charles I b被砍头看得我唏嘘不已。
。肚子里没有多少墨水，回头整理一下，也算是个分享吧，网络上大神太多，就不指望有什么深度了。
