Assignment task: Read Chapter 19 ("New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540 - 1790") in Sources of World Societies (SWS).
Complete the Answer Review of the documents: 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, 19-4, and 19-5.
19 - 3 Science Outside the West.
Q1. What does the image reveal about the tools of Ottoman science? What books, instruments, and maps were available to Ottoman scientists?
Q2. What does the image suggest about the social organization of Ottoman science? How might a facility like the Galata Observatory facilitate the exchange of information between scientists?