World History

Question 10 Answer Oliver's question 9 I think your post is quite accurate. Whether the octopus image represents greed or the simple fact that Britain was a colossal Empire is in the mind of the beholder. It is certainly true that in the modern world the issue of incredibly rich corporations and individuals have become bigger issues today. Seemingly, Nations states are more and more doing the bidding of elites. It seems that the common people have loyalty to the nation state while the wealth have loyalty only to their wealth. Interestingly, Matt Taibbi wrote a book on the 2008 financial collapse called Griftopia. In it he described Goldman Sachs as a giant blood sucking octopus just like the image of Britain.

World History Week 7 1)What was The Great Dying? Cite examples and details from the historical record in your response. Could this be considered a genocide? Why/ why not? The Great Dying was the massive death of Native inhabitants of the Americas after contact with Europeans. It was due to the fact that the Natives had had no exposure to the Old World infectious diseases such as small pox, measles, and others. Up to 90% of Native population died in South America, Mesoamerica, North America and the Caribbean. Genocide is define as the deliberate killing of a large group of people, so this mass death due to disease cannot be considerate genocide. 2) What did native Siberians and Native Americans have in common in terms of their experiences with Europeans during the early Modern period? Native Siberians had some experiences in common with Native Americans in the consequences of their contact with Europeans. They experienced lethal diseases and depletion of many of the animals ...

Page 678 Q 1 Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others? Chapter 15 Page 678 Q 1 Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others? Christianity did very well in those countries that it conquered. The people of these countries were defeated people. They faced lethal diseases, forced labor missionary activity, and general social disruption. Some people in these countries voluntarily adopted Christianity because as a result of their defeat they felt the Christian God was superior to their Gods. On the other hand, china was a strong undefeated country with an ancient culture. China was a large country completely outside of the control of European nations. Conversion would have to be by persuasion and not by force. The population was very large and had several religions and school of thought with a long written tradition.  Eventually Christians missionaries were banned by an emperor due to the suspicion of subversion.  Similarly th...

Chapter14 Q 3   page 633 What lasting legacies of early modern globalization are evident in the twenty-first century? Pay particular attention to the legacies of the slave trade. Early modern globalization had a lot in common with our current global economy. Much productive activity was geared to export rather than local consumption. There were large private companies like the British East Indian Company operated globally. There was an international currency in silver and gold while now the international currency is the US dollar. One last thing legacy of Early Modern Globalization is racism. Three of the Major products of the American colonies were sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Due to the scarcity of population and the labor intensity of this industries, slaves were brought from Africa in large numbers.   They came to be looked upon as inferior or even subhuman. We have yet to completely free ourselves from this attitude as is evident from the current ongoing demonstrat...

Chapter 13 The experience of empire for conquered peoples was broadly similar whoever their rules were. Does the material in this chapter support or challenge this idea?       Page 589 The material in this chapter challenges this idea. The European conquest in the Americas had a much different and horrific effect on the conquered peoples than the Chinese, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires. In the Americas the indigenous peoples died off in large numbers due to war, Europeans infectious diseases that they had no immunity to, and the arduous labor they were forced to endure. They were viewed as inferior, and especially in the Spanish colonies their traditional cultures and religions were usually suppressed.   In contrast in the other three empires, religious differences were generally tolerated. The conquered peoples were not viewed with the disdain that greeted the Native Americans. The conquered peoples of the 3 empires even utilized the conquered peopl...

For The Mongols (1)     Ability to mobilize people and resources (2)     Centralized bureaucracy   (3)     Encouraged commerce (4)     Religious freedom (5)     Use of conquered people in government Against   The  Mongols (1)        Mass murder of groups that resisted. (2)          Use of slavery for conquered people (3)          Heavy taxes in Persia and Iraq (4)          Destruction of agricultural lands and infrastructure in Persia and Iraq (5)         In Russia destruction of skilled craft work by deportation of skilled craftsman Photo Reference: https://www.ancient.eu/image/11455/mongol-warriors-in-battle/

Christendom refers to those parts of the world, where Christianity was the dominant religion or even the state religion. At one point in time this included the Roman Empire, the Middle East and parts of North and Northeastern Africa. As the Western Roman Empire collapsed Christendom was centered in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire known as Byzantium. As Islam became a religion, Islamic conquest spread to the Middle East, North Africa, and even to Sicily, and Spain. In the Middle East and North Africa the Christian religion retreated as many people converted to Islam. In Europe, as the invasions of the Northern European Barbarians abated, and many of them converted to Christianity, including the Franks, Germanic Tribes, and ultimately Russia, a period of relative peace developed and cultural and economic development could proceed. Christianity became predominantly a European Religion. As opposed to the Chinese and Islamic civilizations, Europe politically was not a unified Empire...