Wednesday, October 31, 2018

week 10 cont.

Week 10 cont.
Nov 1, 2018

Chapter 10
Christianity spread throughout Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam. Even where other religions where there were more Catholics and Muslims, noticed the spread of Christianity. It continued to spread throughout Asia and Europe as well. Later, it started to die out in Africa and Asia and became a primary religion only in Europe. Christendom was also known as a civilization. It was known as Christian Byzantium, but soon disappeared.
week 10
Oct 30, 2018

Chapter 9
Islam was known world wide. It spread throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. It was well-known by mainly Arabs. Islam first came about by a messenger named Muhammed Ibn Abdullah. He was born in Mecca, which is located in the middle east. He married into wealth to a woman named Khadija. Muhammed was the messenger of all Arabs. He brought messages to the world from Allah, the God of all Muslims, to all. Muhammed brought the words of Allah to a holy book called the Quran. All people of Islam prase and recite the Quran as part of their religion. They also pray 7 times a day and follow the 5 pillars throughout life.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

week 9

week nine
October 29

Chapter 7
As agriculture and civilizations grew, exchange of cultures within societies all around the world spread. Roads had a great impact on the on concept of diversity. Silk roads in Eurasia, Sea roads in the Eastern Hemisphere, and Sand roads in West Africa all played some sort of role. They created a route for transportation for trade. People traded goods and necessities for their own well being. With trade, cultures were exchanged as well. People picked up different traditions or items that represented culture and brought it back to their homelands. This arose the concept of diversity. There were many benefits to the roads, but it also affected people negatively. People would catch diseases along their journey and give it to whoever they met up with. Roads were beneficial as well as infectious.

Friday, October 12, 2018

week 7

week 7
oct 11, 2018

ch 6
Aside from the civilizations of Eurasia spoken about before, the Greeks, Romans, Persians, and the Chinese , there were many other civilizations in Africa. In Africa, the civilizations were the Meroe, Axum, and the Niger River valley. Unlike the civilizations in Africa, they did not use cities or states which made them seem less of a civilization. Civilizations all started with the development of humans and where they migrated. They all started in Africa and migrated out to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. Civilizations came together through the act of hunting and gathering within societies. Agriculture also brought people together. Also, believe it or not, social inequality brought humans together. Those who were on the same social status came together and formed civilizations, and at the same time, those who were of different social statuses came together and formed a civilization. The sense of unity came along.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

WEEK 6 cont.

Week 6 cont
oct 4, 2018

Ch 5
Between 500 B.C.E and 500 C.E., inequality became more of a tragedy in Eurasia and Northern Africa. Between sexes, women were seen as less of person. Men were more superior in every way possible. Women did not have the same rights as men, in fact they had less rights just for being female. There was also inequality between people as a whole. Many countries used the caste system. In order of highest to lowest of people were the out-castes, peasants, merchants, warriors, then priests. One could not jump from one caste to another. You were simply born into a caste, unable to get out or move higher up in the social pyramid. Priests were at the highest level so this shows that religion was heavily followed during this time. Warriors were also high in the caste system because they fought for their country and everyone in it. Merchants were like the middle class. They sold and traded things to survive and make a fair amount of money. Then were the peasants and out castes who just did't fit in with the rest of the people. These low class people were most likely poor and didn't have luxuries within their life times. These inequalities within the civilizations helped form the way we see each other today.

WEEK 6

WEEK 6 
Oct 2, 2018

Ch. 4 & Close Reading:
There were a wide variety of cultures and religions across Eurasia around 500 B.C.E. These cultures, traditions, and religions allowed for people to connect with the Earth, growing foods, animals, ancestors, Gods, and others. The main religions people followed in China was Confucianism and Daoism. In India, Hinduism was the common religion. Later came Christianity and Islam in the middle east and Israel, which came from the idea of Judaism form the Jewish. A tradition in Greece also came along, following the well known thinkers known as Socrates and Aristotle. The Chinese and Greeks traditions allowed them to connect more with the Earth and the Indians, Persians, and Jewish people's religion allowed for them to connect with God. The religions and other things they looked up to were much more higher in power. It provided social stability and order in the world.
The article "Serving is different from Helping and Fixing," main idea is that serving is a forced task while helping and fixing is something you go out of your way for to make others who are unequal to you, more equal.