Often associated with slavery and Johnny Depp's character Captain Jack Sparrow, rum and other spirits are referred to, as Tom Standage writes in A History of The World in 6 Glasses, “The liquid embodiment of both the triumph and the oppression of the first era of globalization,” (Pg. 111). This is statement is supported by Rum’s history of being used as currency to buy slaves and the large amount of cultural interactions behind the history of these distilled drinks.
The Looking Glass Wars wrote by Frank Beddor is a rewritten version of Alice in Wonderland where Alyss, the princess of Wonderland, is forced to leave her beloved home because of her Aunt Redd that has overpowered the Queendom. Alyss finds herself all alone in an unknown place that does not believe in Wonderland. She returns to Wonderland to fight Redd for the Queendom. This rewrite of Alice in Wonderland really shows the battles of Good vs. Evil with the death of King Nolan, the overthrow of the Queendom ruled by Queen Genevieve, and the final fight for the queendom.
In a time of voyages and exploration there was a new atmosphere surrounding not only Europe but also the newly discovered Americas. Of course with a new era must come and new favorite drink of choice amongst the people. For the Colonial age this beverage was spirits. By popularizing a technique known as distillation a new range of drinks were on the rise. When originally cultivated spirits were primarily used for medical purposes. The appeal then turned to how easily people were intoxicated by it and how much easier it was to store. Distilled drinks then became popular mainly because of increased durability and could more compactly fit on ships. Distilled drinks were more easily traded, traders were able to fit more alcohol in the ship much
A) Unlike alcohol’s intoxicating effect, which made people sleepy and dulled their minds, coffee woke people up and made scientists, clerks, merchants and other businessmen more alert throughout the long workday. Coffeehouses also became places for people to exchange and listen to new ideas and theories in areas such as natural history, chemistry,
During the course of this analytical paper, we will look at the impact of warfare on world societies and people's consciousness, during the period of the 1500s in world history, called the Early Modern Period; also, we will discuss the consequences of the Great War. Additionally, apart from studying the altering methods of warfare and their magnitude, we will look up to different motivations of statesmen and peoples who declare wars or engage in several types of violent actions towards certain societies. Throughout the paper, we will stretch any pertinent evidence at appropriate points of what war leaders, intellectuals and common citizens view war and violence, which they experience during their life. Some of the examples include the Arabs that vastly expanded the world of Islam, yet were traditionally predatory in nature, which benefited more from the taxation of the conquered than from their conversion. There are also examples like the Mongol Empire, which was too, predatory, but differently from the Arab
Memory; our ability to encode, store, retain,and subsequently recall information and past experiences in the human brain It can be thought of in general terms as the use of past experience to affect or influence current behavior. Margaret Laurence shares her memories of her childhood and the connections she had with Canada. She represents Canada through her autobiographical essay “Where the World Began”. She explains how her small prairie town constitutes the way she has formed her views. Margaret uses the microcosm of her small town to show Canada’s growth as a country throughout her childhood memories, the seasons of her town and where your raised effects your perspective on the world.
In the book, A History of the World in 6 Glasses, beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-cola, all differently benefited this world we live in. Alcoholic drinks and Caffeinated drinks all medically benefited through history. For example, sailors drank grog to alleviate scurvy and doctors used wine to help sick patients. For the Caffeinated drinks, coffee was used by businessmen to stay up longer to work. It also helped clear men’s mind after they have drank too much alcohol. Coca-cola in the beginning, was also used medically. Coca-cola when it was originally advertised, was used as a cure for morphine and opium addictions. Another similarity between Alcohol and Caffeinated drinks is that each drink was the defining drink during a pivotal
1. What is made possible by the agglomeration of people, services, and goods in a city that is not possible, or far more difficult, in rural areas?
Usman dan Folio was a Fulani revolutionary leader, mystic, and philosopher. He denounced the corruption of the local Hausa leaders.
The movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” illustrates a tale of adventure during the 17th century the story is happening in the Caribbean where pirates of the most active place. Main character Jack Sparrow is a charming and crafty pirate, his ship “Black Pearl” was taken away by an infamous captain, Hector Barbossa, however Barbossa and his crews are cursed after they took “Black Pearl”, the only way to break the curse is Will Turner’s blood and his coin. Jack wants his ship back so he went to Port Royal to steal the fastest ship his Majesty’s ship “Interceptor” but he saw governor’s daughter fall in to ocean and he saved her life but he was arrested after he saved Elizabeth. Nonetheless the coin was in Elizabeth Swan’s hand so Barbossa knapped
A History of the World in Six Glasses written by Tom Standage, an excellent journalist who has had and continues to have a successful career in many fields. Standage was born in 1969 in England, London he continues to reside in his home country, London. The Economist, Wired and New York Times are a few of the many publications he has been published in. His backgrounds differentiate from science, history and technology. All while in London, Standage graduated from the prestigious University of Oxford. He is an award winning nonfiction writer of six books.
Chapter 19 in the World History textbook uses a key term called “the white man’s burden.” According to Keene, Cornell & O’Donnell (2013), this term represented the Anglo-Saxon quest to better the lives of so-called racially inferior peoples by spreading western economic, cultural and spiritual values and institutions (p. 575). In response to this ideology, Black newspaper offered an alternate version of this campaign known as “the black man’s burden.” I chose this key term because it strongly relates to both films. In Griffith’s film, the White people believed that Black people were their burden and through their uprising in social status in America, came the need for their oppression. Blacks were never meant to be treated as equals in
The True Story of the Whole World is mainly about finding your place in the biblical drama that is presented in the book. It's about all the drama throughout the bible from the beginnin until the end. It's also about how to understand the scriptures that are writte throughout the bible.
In Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, you play as a Welsh pirate, Edward Kenway, that seeks to get rich in the Caribbean during the "Golden Age" of piracy. Kenway was a former English privateer and turned to piracy ~1713. There are real places in AC IV such as Havana, Nassau, and Kingston. These were the main areas of trade and export during the Golden Age of Piracy. Approximately 60% of the gameplay is on land while the remaining 40% is on water, the main idea was to really submerse the player into the game and how pirate lived during the 17th and 18th centuries. There were a total of 35 shanties that the player could collect that were real songs that were popular during this time period. Some shanties were: Spanish Ladies, Randy Dandy-o, and Leave
I have grown as a student in the area of weigh perspective and Investigating the World. Before this semester I had little to no idea about what was going through the head of a world war 1 soldier. How the war was affecting them in anyway, I wasn't aware if it caused them a dramatic impact or not, or even what kept them motivated to keep fighting in the war. Also what life was for the love ones of the soldiers’ that had stayed home I wondered how they contributed into the war. Now I have been able to learn the answers to my question in order to write more realistic and detailed letters for my project. I have also been able to further my knowledge on world war 1 with various small details about the soldiers in the war that I learned while doing my world history project.
World history is the study of direct and indirect interconnections, interdependences and linkages of states, civilizations, cultures, religions and race. The study of world history allows historians to inspect history on a wider scope, transcending state and ecological boundaries, analyzing the impacts of social, political and economic exchanges on all of humanity as opposed to a narrow national or regional account.