Quiz 5

In response to the final quiz question , I would say that all of the learning objectives were met.  In this  course I received a greater understanding of how people evolved and the way that their political systems and their socities came about.   This was evident throughout all of world history, from the romans to the greeks to the mongols, to the mesoamerican civilizations  and ect....  the building of societies and political structure is very interesting especially in the information about north america  and how our country came to be what it is today .   Also interestingly enough is the inhabitants of north america prior to the discovery by columbus.  Information in this class made me more aware of the treatment of the native americans  when the europeans reached this continent .   Also my mind has become more aware of how our society developed and evolved through these events and still remains to this day governed by historical documents such as the declaration of independence.  
Also of note the project that we completed on the speculation that the first to reach north america were sea fairings was an interesting study in researching archeological evidence and creating an analysis to determine  a solid position  in an argument .   With the use of the blogs it fostered the ability for me to communicate effectively the  knowledge of history and its reasoning.  Exercises conducted in  class such as the debate on whether the mongols were a civilization or not  helped me to build my skills of  communicating orally and to further my knowledge. 
The qualitative social science research project in which I  was fortunate enough to interview a person who lived through the iran iraq war proved to be fruitful for me .  in this project I learned about a piece of history and also was able to visualize it  from a person who lived through that event.  Through this course I was also able to read literature from the past such as the epic of gilgamesh.  This literature gave me a view  into the minds those from the past and how they  interpreted situations and made them into ethical ways to live . 
overall I have learned a great deal from this course, I actually view the world much differently today since I have a greater and more in depth of understanding of it .  I will forever be influenced by my new found knowledge of history .      

Reflection 7

By now, we already into the time world war 1 !  I feel like we've moved through the history of the world in human beings so fast ! I can't believe that we went from walking out of africa evolution and now all the way to world war 2 in a matter of 8 weeks.
Yes, just one incident sparked the accidental war according to strayer .  Here we are once again fighting war and killing other humans .  haven't we have enough of this yet , it's only been going on for centuries, I guess this is the way things need to be solved .  this war  lasted about 4 years and was finished in november 1918 with the german defeat . after this war came  the great depression.  it was difficult for the soldiers of world war 1 to reintegrate into their communities  into civilian life . the government was challenged by the great depression because the market sale to self correct .  the response to the great depression by the united states government was when franklin roosevelt  proposed a new deal  which strayer notes was "a complex tangle of reforms intended to restore pre depression prosperity and to prevent future calamities."  unfortunately none of the new deal programs work very to end the great depression.   on we go to the makings of the second world war.  Hitler was pushing an intense  german nationalism idea  in terms of racial superiority .   also the japanese attack on pearl harbor 1941 occurred. tensions between japanese ambitions in asia and the united states or becoming increasingly hostile. next thing we know all of europe is in a war .  mass destruction during the war, recovery period of europe comes next.   
now communism begin to take our drama world in the wake of the war . transformations of society begin. russia and china the big players in communism at this point , many of the people were opposed to communism. erosion of established communist  control was in the mineds of many .   china abandons communism and maintains same party , Russia's  communism collapses.  Gorbachev's ideas to mend a country did not work out as he has planned .  the plans to form strengthening socialism any reviving stagnant soviet union lead to its further weakening and collapse.  
chapter 23 is all about countries developing .  just cause in that case of india they began to come under their own rule rather than british rule. Key figure in this case is gandhi. south africa dealing with the apartheid issue ,  Kenya get its first president in 1964 indicating changes in africa . 
in chapter 24 globalization is the key  focus.  money as well is goods made an amazing global mobility.    also globalization of liberation with many feminist movement on the rise .  islamic world goes through changes , environmentalist let's also on the rise .
many things to cover these chapters , very interesting to say the least about the progression in the development of our world and every unique story within . 

Reflection 6

The "European Moment." As Europe continued to flourish, it's advancements begin to pave the way for the modern world.  Europeans during this period clearly became the most powerful and influential.  People all over the world began to make active use of European ideas for their own purposes seeking to gain advantage for themselves in many ways.   With this Eurocentrism grew.
Moving through this chapter revolutions occured some of which occurring in north america france haiti and latin america .  These important revolutions paved the way of how we shaped our world today and the way countries are run especially America .  Our famous North American revolution war which  ultimately resulted in independence from oppressive British rule was one of the  events that occurred during this time.  This also was the beginning of the creation of what we now call the United States .  Also enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century have become increasingly critical of slavery as a violation of natural rights of every person.   Actions of slaves themselves  begin to speed up the end of slavery .  Through these revolution's new worlds for human beings were opened  and old worlds of oppression exploitation and privilege  were being swept away .  It was persistent injustice that made revolution necessary. 
On to industrialization ......  All over the world  market based economy for being developed by the 18th century .   In the americas, europeans found a large amount of silver and other commodities  that allowd them to operate in asian and other markets.  At the same time europe's scientific revolution also took form in great britain in ways that  fostered technological innovation.   In addition to europe it seems as if many of the other countries were experiencing an industrial  revolution.  unfortunately for some of the other countries the ways that their government  operated may not have been conducive to the progression of their industrial  revolution .  In those countries that was still many injustices against people.  Russia although, begin to have a booming industrial revolution  by the 1890's mostly fueled by railroads heavy industry.   Also striking my interest was a snapshot table of the industrial revolution in the global divide showing world manufacturing output from 1750 to 1900 .  This table shows progression of many of the countries and their industrial contributions . 
moving on to colonial encounters .  the europeans had made many colonies in colonial empires throughout  the world .  living in colonies was difficult for some of the experience a lot of violence during the conquest and also afterwards .  it was to the advantage of many to cooperate  with the colonial authorities, many of the people found employment, status, and  security in the european military forces.  in these colonies racial issues  became evident  and racial separation became much more pronounced  in some places.  in the  colonial era religions also provided  the basis  for new or transformed identities.  widespread conversion to christianity took place in new zealand in the pacific islands and especially non muslim africa . 
christianity was all so widely associated with modern education.