The Influences of Asia, Africa and the Americas Toward Contemporary Society

In the late 1500’s the start of The Colombian Exchange and the settling of Europeans in the Americas sparked a chain reaction of events that would forever change the way we tell the history of that time. It also just may have altered the way we advanced as a species and interacted with one another from that point on. There were many changes that took place in everyday life in both the Americas and Afro Eurasia because of the events of this time period. Some of them more obvious than others, but all were important in their own respect.

The development of agriculture by Native Americans more than five thousand years ago sparked new cultures and innovations. Hunters who previously roamed the land like nomads established permanent villages. Corn, sun, and water became focal points for many societies and played

The civilizations of America, Africa, and Europe each had their own political, economic, and religious systems that changed drastically when people from each continent encountered one another. In the Americas, the Native Americans had developed large and massive empires that would come to marvel the world. In Africa, there were are also large empires, home to millions of people. Western Europe on the other hand did not have any large empires or well organized societies. However, this would all change when the Europeans came in contact with the people in the Americas and Africa. It would be the Europeans that rose up while the other races fell.

In ancient Israel, the husband could issue a divorce, but the wife could not, and it was very much the same throughout much of England’s history (Magnus Hirshfeld Archive for Sexology).

Agriculture is the main reason we have civilization today, for without food surplus people would spend their days finding food and water constantly. Native Americans started like all other people in the world, doing just that, until over time they turned food production into an art. Without the elaborate specialization of crops over time, people would not have reached the point that they had before the Europeans had arrived. The allowance of food surplus led to the ability to advance culturally, scientifically, and economically.

(DI1) Mesopotamia, India, and China governments have strict laws and harsh punishments to keep social order. (DD1) In Mesopotamia, The Code of Hammurabi has strict laws with equal punishments so people treat everyone with respect. Law 196 states, “If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out” (Document A). If a man harms another man, he shall be harmed the same.

For instance, the impact of the expansion helps to explain the events that led to the Native Americans residing in India. It also helps in understanding how America became so prominent. This is evident today by the amount of land that makes up the United States today. Initially, not all that land belonged to the Americans. It was taken from its original inhabitants by force. On the other hand, the advent of industrialization helps in understanding why there are so many people residing in America who are not Americans. Industrialization attracted people from other parts of the world who sought better employment opportunities, freedom of religion and freedom from racial or ethnic persecution in their native countries. Others moved to America when industrializing made it easier to access, grow and harvest greater sources of food than in their native lands. Another important part of the American history is imperialism, which helps to explain why Americans have a lot of influence across the

-American food crops improved Europeans’ nutrition and diets. Increased resistance to epidemic diseases after the mid-17th century. European population, between 1500-1800, increased from 81-180 million. Rapid growth of major cities. Cities increasingly important as administrative and commercial center.

It is truly what it is today because of where it began in the past. The main things that have changed over time consist of crop differences, farmers and land, and the tools used to cultivate and harvest the land. The Native Americans and early Americans made many improvements to farming and its technology, which is why farming is what it is today. America’s first farming era originated with the Native Americans. Scholars believe that Native

This is known as the Columbian Exchange. New agriculture started to flourish in North America and Europe. This vastly changed the diet of both the Europeans and the Native Americans. The spread of new diseases in North America began to flourish as well. All of these diseases together claimed the lives of an estimated 90% of Native Americans who lived on the continent. The new exchange of these plants will also make a path for Europeans learning how to grow them. Europeans went to the Native Americans to learn how to make these newly discovered crops thrive. The Europeans also did the same for the natives on how to grow their crops given to them. These changes play a role in history by allowing new plant life to be exchanged between the Europeans and Native Americans and by changing the diversity of flora throughout North America and

Battle between European kingdoms incited to an eagerness for states and trading posts that may sustain the rising nations. This expansionism familiar Europeans with African and American social requests that had created over several years, and the social correspondence that took in the wake of starting contacts between these human headways fundamentally affected western history. American Societies first there was Paleo (Indians) Paleo Indians arrived some place in the scope of 12,000 to 14,000 years earlier and made due by pursuing sweeping preoccupation. As the distinctive items, and wherever cultivating ruled the economy, complex human progressions flourished. Horticulture was an essential key as of now fundamentally that is the place most the cash and nourishment supply originated from. Mesoamerican Civilizations Early municipal foundations created in what is by and

Between 1492 and 1750, Africa and the Americas engaged in the Columbian Exchange. Many changes took place in both countries during this time period, falling into two important categories, demographic and environmental effects. In the case of the Americas and Africa, many similarities and differences exist. In the case of demographic effects, both the Americas and Africa experienced disease, however, disease took a greater toll on Americans than Africans. This important change led to both the Americas and Africa facing changes in the number of females and males within the country, however, while the number of males increased in the Americas, the number of males decreased in Africa. Connecting back to changes in population, there was also surpluses and increase in childbirth in the Americas and Africa, due to the introduction of many new crops. In the case of environmental effects, America faced more significant changes than Africa.

When thinking about morality, it is necessary to consider how aspects from both nature and nurture, along with free will, may form ones moral beliefs and dictate ones moral actions. To understand how moral beliefs as well as actions formulate and operate within individuals and societies, it is imperative that a general definition of morality is laid out. Morality, then, can be defined as ones principles regarding what is right and wrong, good or bad. Although an individual may hold moral beliefs, it is not always the case that moral actions follow. Therefore, in this essay I aim to provide an explanation that clarifies the two and in doing so I also hope to further the notion that one’s moral framework is a product of all three factors; nature, nurture, and free will. The first part of this essay will flush out what exactly morality it and how it manifests similarly across individuals and differently across individuals. Contrariwise, I will then explain how morality manifests similarly across societies and differently across societies. Alongside presenting the information in this order, I will trace morality back to primordial times to showcase how morality has evolved and developed since then, not only from a nature-based standpoint, but also from a

In East Asian culture, morality is topic that can be applied to several aspects of life. Morality encompasses “politics, religion, education, psychology, and metaphysics” (Yao, 34). Many of the thoughts and actions taken by individuals in the culture are said to be directed by the idea that you must be moral. It is a culture that is largely based on having to cooperate and on being able to develop the self; this is why morality is so important. Morality is seen as the overarching theme to follow, without it, many people do not see a goal or meaning to life. It has grown to not only be applied in small social structures like the family but also in larger, more intricate structures like governments. In this essay, I will explain East Asian moral theory and its practice.

Morality, morals, standards, are they compatible in all times and societies. Will morality be similar in twenty years’ time or a hundred years? Interchangeable words or distinct words? Does Morality evolve over time or our perspectives of morality are modified over time. Societies establish are moral standard and corrupted by time, or have people infused morals into society? What is morality, is morality, what is normal or what we are taught? Humans are unstable and durable creatures, we are molded as a youth, but what is imparted to us and even as an adult, we are tempted by the crowd. What is morality and is morality formed by humanity or created by something else, has merely changed or had we learned to understand it. Traveling back in time