To begin, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. I live at home with my twin brother, Peter, and two parents, both of whom are very supportive and intelligent. My mom works at our family winery, Ovid Napa Valley, and started a community arts center, and my dad is a programmer, and in the process of starting a new company focusing on quantitative analysis. I love to play soccer, read, travel, and to be outdoors. I am also immensely interested in science and medicine. As I am very involved in soccer, during the fall my schedule will be more tight, so I will have to work around that. One theme of AP World History very relevant here today is the interaction between humans and the environment. Our community relies on agriculture, winemaking to be specific. In fact, our very survival as a community depends on a berry the size of a marble. The economy is very dependent on environmental factors, all of which affect the …show more content…
I have always been very opposed to nationalism, because I do not think that our country should be our first allegiance. Our first allegiances should be to our families, to our environment, and to our fellow human being. Nationalism is divisive, not unifying. It only leads to competition, competition to conflict, conflict to war, and war to destruction. Instead, we should be striving to create peaceful alliances and focus on what we can do together to protect the earth and its peoples. Countries rely on each other, and that is why we need to focus on our similarities rather than on our differences.This is where acceptance becomes so crucial. If we strive for tolerance, we will achieve indifference. However, if we strive for acceptance, we just might achieve peace. I believe that learning to accept other cultures is the first step towards world peace. When we begin to value power and wealth over peace and morality, chaos is bound to
As the classical period emerged, religion as well as other cultural influences had been some of the main aspects of much of how history was shaped during this time period. Many religions had sprung up during this time period such as Judaism, which was a monotheistic religion and had developed with the codification of the Hebrew scriptures. This religion reflected the cultures of different regions such as Mesopotamia. The Jewish states were conquered by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and the Romans during this time period as well. Another religion important to this time period is the Vedic religion Hinduism, which had originated in India. This religion was
I. While the Requirement struck many Europeans as an unusual political practice, it was important in legitimizing Spanish dominion over an area. It found its origins in the ritual demand for submission associated with the Islamic jihad (pp. 69 – 78).
Geography played a big role in determining the political units and economic institutions of Mediterranean society. The mountains interspersed throughout the Greek peninsula led to regionalism in the form of city-states. This was a departure from the centralized government of China. The fact that civilization developed along a peninsula also shaped Mediterranean culture. The ocean provided some protection from invaders and allowed for the advancement of trade.
All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties.
I will be discussing the contact between various civilizations between 800 AD to 1400 AD. I will be looking closely at documents one, two, four and five. Document one discusses the trade in East Africa and the tribe the Zanj that live there. In Document four it discusses the trade goods in Gujarat India. Document two discusses the Jewish merchants. Document five is written by a Muslim traveler and he is talking about the journey from Zaya to Maqdasha. All of these documents talk about travel and trade between various civilizations between 800 AD to 1400 AD.
When it comes to modernization, the paths taken by Japan and China were strikingly similar. Well, I say paths taken, however I would argue that it was more along the lines of them being forced upon paths out of necessity in order to survive in a world in which the Western powers of Europe and the United States were increasingly encroaching and interfering in East Asia. The paths I will be looking at for these two nations will both begin with the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan and the Kangxi emperor in China, and several aspects of how these nations and forms of governance operated, as well as large changes in governance. I will look at how these two nations and the West interacted, and how their interactions began to change as time went on. From
With the dawn of the 16th century began the worldwide interest for expanding ones empire as well as looking for new trade routes that would bring new product to different parts of the world more efficiently. At the head stone of these new advances were three of the most powerful nations in the world at this time. Spain, France and England These three nations, although they were all looking to occupy an area of the world that was relatively new for each of them, did not always share the same intentions. Because of this Spain, France and England shared some similar and some very different experiences. Dealings with the Native Americans, colonization and trade were just some of the issues where there was
The 11th and 12th century was a very difficult time for Europe and Japan. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was in trouble. Decline in population, a reduction in construction, and smaller amounts of food were only some of the negative effects. In Japan, the emperor was weakening and daimyos were rising to power. Because of these hard times, both Europe and Japan created a system. In this new feudal system, Europe and Japan each had their version of a warrior. In Japan, the warriors were called samurai, and in Europe the warriors were called knights. Surprisingly, there were extremely similar elements when it came to the two fighters. But we’re the similarities greater than the differences?
There are major events that mark the beginning and end of this period. The period began at around 9000 B.C.E. when the popularity of agriculture grew. The domestication of animals like sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs began to appear within civilizations. The end of this period came at around 1000 B.C.E. when civilizations began focusing on strengthening their culture and politics. This took place once the civilizations did not have to devote all of their focus to staying alive.
Some of the values of the culture I visited were the religious values. They were all Christians and most of them were from different parts of Africa. They believe in god and believe that he was the king of the universe, I could tell by the way they sing and the way they participated. They also believe in Jesus, based on how they had the statue of Jesus in the center of the church. They also saw each other as a community, as a church. They all looked really united and even though many of them didn’t knew each other they great each other like they did, because that probably might be a norm for them.
Most of the American population believed that the "Indian" people are inferior, treat them as the barbarians, and often as foolish children. The Indians could not claim equal status with other nations, because initially, by their nature they are not equal to the white people.Forcible relocation to Mississippi rivers was a clearing the land for white occupancy and national police didn’t have any changes from 1790s only expansion and reformulation of the law.Since the English settlers arrived in the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands.
1. Conquistador: It is the Spanish word corresponding to explorer or conqueror. It refers to the Spanish explorers who conquered new territories, especially the Americas, in the name of Spain. Examples of conquistadores were Hernando Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and conquered Mexico in the early 16th century, and Francisco Pizarro, who triumphed over the Inca Empire.
In the 19th century, United States was under the European empire supremacy. European held a powerful authority that commands the United States to fight against the Native Indian tribes from the West to extend their territories. However, the EU and US didn’t expect the Native to have abundant resources and population that could outweigh them in this raging battle. The war between the Native tribes and the United States went on for years. The US won the battle in the end. The US forcefully removed the Native Indian out of their own territories, extended their region to Mississippi River and established a treaty that only allowed indigenous people to stay if they obey the US regulations.
Ancient civilizations, specifically Greek and Roman civilizations, played various significant roles throughout the main civilizations in the Common Era. Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman from the Ancient civilization since the Roman emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople, known as the center city of Christian world. The political identity of Byzantine Empire can be traced back to one of the Imperial Rome. The empire had one emperor who made all decisions in the empire. The member of senate was appointed by the Emperor to be the figure-head. However, during Justinian’s reign, he tried to revise the Roman Law code and summarized all laws so that the court can refer to. Some of the architecture style during that time was resemble to the Roman architecture. For example, The Hague Sophia was the combination of longitudinal shape of the Roman basilica with a domed central plan. Regarding the infusion of the Greek culture, it could be easily seen by looking
The discipline of Environmental History is found within various books, and many times these books do not use this history as their only starting point. By combining a multitude of studies and methodologies, authors explore the aspects of the environment and nature along with human interaction to understand how they commingle, affecting one another. In the following four books, scholars from varying backgrounds approach environmental history in a variety of ways in order to prove their thesis. Their methodologies form their thought process and lead to the structure of these books. By digging deeper into this process, revealing their intentions, enabling readers to understand how methodology fuels the writing process, creating an argument, and producing valuable work.