World History

Something that caught my attention was the plague that spread all over in the early fourteenth century. The plague, also known as as the pestilence, and later know as the Black death killed many people. It was spread along the trade routes of the Mongol Empire, which was transmitted by flees to humans. In 1409 it eventually reached East Africa, likely by the Chinese maritime expedition. The Black Death was quite an epidemic that started from one place and began spreading all over the continents. Survival rates were low and I begin to wonder how far along their science was at the time, that there were unable to find a cure for this disease or at least helped stop the amount of people infected by it. Was it that there were no doctors at the time and all the medication given where remedies from home? The deaths of these people must have had a great impact on the trade as I assume that people infected by it must have been exposed to the transportation or someone exposed to it. ...

  It was really interesting to find that commerce began to be an important role in the transportation of goods, and everywhere in the world people where finding their ways to transport. The Caribbean’s and the Maya used canoes, where the canoes were to sustain approximately fifty people. The Andean Inca Empire utilized a state run operation where caravans of human porters and llamas were used to transport goods across roads and bridges of the empire. Something that really caught my attention was that messengers in the Inca were able to walk as much as 150 miles a day, showing how active and efficient these transporters were. The story of Yao Hong was amusing, I learned that she became a Christian due to the unfaithful acts of her husband. The reason she became a Christian was because she was able to find the support and sense of family she needed. Yao Hong turned to Christianity because they offered her the support she needed in the time of a crisis. She truly believed in Chri...

Cultural traditions and developments are all different from one another. It was really interesting to learn that Hinduism had no historical founder unlike other religions. Greeks, Muslims, and British where all apart of Hinduism which later became a diversity of gods, spirits, beliefs etc. Although women where empowered in Hinduism, gender was not an obstacle for spiritual fulfillment. Everyone was to be welcomed and make their beliefs with the guidance of Hinduism. Most of our values and beliefs come from past generations and its amusing to see how this has been passed down for many many years.   Reading about the peasants during China’s civilization really made me feel sadden. Peasants were poor families who struggled to fulfill their basic needs and although they work very hard they were purposefully put in situations to make them more vulnerable. There were authorities that made them pay taxes asking for about a month of labor every year. This led peasants to work as sharec...

I was surprised to know that because these people where close to animals and plants this lead for new new diseases to be spread such as measles, smallpox, malaria, rabies etc. I know question how where they helped or cured to defeat the battle of these diseases. Where there people that knew of remedies to help overcome measles or did they die because of the lack tools and knowledge? It was actually interesting to know that even many many years ago alcohol existed. Although there are some similarities and differences on how wine or beer are produced now versus back then, and even how it was produced differently in the same era, knowing that their were using this, is actually amusing. Although in Mesopotamia it was believed that it was a gift from the gods in America it was a drink of choice. Although I was happy to know that in the Patheolithic era women and men were equal and no other gender were better than the other as both gender contributed for the same object...