MAJOR CONCEPT                                                              
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x
x
#9
Positive description of Chinese market system; interdependence
x
#10
Shows concentration of activity in the northern Europe
x
Extensive contact through trade routes but no docs on influences
x
x
#11
Establishing trade center by relocating specialists from other cultures
DOCUMENTS 9–11
Outsider, impressed by foreign culture
Outsider, impressed by foreign culture
We are now getting a sense that all of the documents are from Europeans and Muslims describing cultural contacts from their point of view—but where are the comments and perceptions of the Africans, Asians, Mongols, and Aztecs? It would be interesting to see how their perceptions compare with those of the “outsiders.”