Jose Alvarez Avina

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Chapter 11

largest land-based state in history great engineers and extremely good learners who changed the world more than any other super power they could run over the brutally cold lands of Siberia and the brutally hot lands of Arabia A lot of tech ( dissipation of gun powder, paper, and printing press) happened as a direct result of their conquests Helped shape the world we live in today they were extremely innovative and played on key weaknesses of their opponents built a spectacular international postal system through a big chunk of Eurasia created standardized bank notes and paper currencies long before Europe Free trade are that connected most of the world built religious tolerance that spanned all religions they knew sciences, astronomy, engineering, and math exploded in mongol era constant thirst for knowledge & quick learners spread whatever they learned from various cultures .5 men related to GK in the world very effective military infrastructure for ideas acce

Chapter 10

This read on China actually really interested me. This was like a golden age of Chinese achievement. They developed a vast canal system that linked northern and southern china. We also see the creating of the examination system, and with that with we see the process of electing officials based on merit and not bas on privilege. With the emergence of cities we also saw specialized markets, performers, restaurants, and inns. There was also a lot of technological advancement like printing, gun powder, and shipping technologies. They also had books on topics like agricultural, mathematics, and medical topics. For women in the Song dynasty it was a weird time with the rebirth of confucius ideas they were back to the way of thinking that women were less than men and that basically their only job was to stay home and tend to the needs of the household. Women were seen as a distraction and were not allowed in the work place. There was also things like foot binding that was cruel. But they also

Chapter 9

The beginning of this chapter was really interesting because learning about Hassan and how he was Christian and Muslim that was very interesting to me, I had no idea you could do that. One of the most interesting things about his chapter was how the religion was started. It not only was the religion it was an empire at the same time. Unlike other religions they had the man power to go to war with other regions. They grew simultaneously as a religion and as an empire. It was the largest and most influential third wave civilization. Islamic civilization challenged and provoked Christendom, transformed by African cultures, and took root in India, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The spread continued to the modern era by 2013 1.6 billion people followed it which was 23% of the population. Now if that doesn't tell you something I do not know what will.. Another thing that was intriguing was how it changed how the people lived. they went rom being nomadic Arabs (Bedouins) to a settle

Chapter 7

This chapter was really interesting to me because it was really cool to read about all the trade. The most fascinating thing to me was seeing how each terrain produced something different. Each terrain really took advantage of the resources that were available to them. Trade was very important because different regions could have access to things that they usually wouldn't. It also had a huge impact on the regions economic systems, and it started things like taxes. In china Silk was like gold and it was usually made in homes by women. People who usually grew food gave that up and started producing paper, porcelain, and iron tools. This really created an opportunity for people that might have never been able to change the way they lived. It made some people very rich. Africa had gold, iron goods, and slaves. Arabia: myth, and perfumes. India had grain, ivory, and cotton, stones, spices. China had silk, porcelain, and tea.All of these roads linked the world and changed the way socie

Reading #7(Chapter 6)

In this chapter we saw the similarities and differences between Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. One of craziest things to me is the way the population was distributed, 85% of the population was in Eurasia. I think the number one thing this can be attributed to is agriculture. In the americas there weren't as lucky as they were in Eurasia. They did not have animals they could domesticate, they also had not developed any written language. Because of this the Americas and Africa had civilizations that were a lot smaller. Another major difference is that the Americas were isolated so they didn't really have anyone to communicate with like the people of Eurasia and Africa. Although the people of the Americas did not have access to iron tools or animals for domestication they still eventually achieved great things. We see with the Mayans were able to have a political system, engineering, mathematics, and even a writing system. The people of Teotihuacan formed Americas largest urba

Reading #6(Chapter 5)

In this reading we saw how the 2nd wave civilizations changed their social systems. With the agriculture booms and people starting to make more than others. Also with forms of government starting to rise of course there is going to be divisions between all of the people. In India there was a very interesting structure. Basically there was a caste system with five levels priests, warriors, merchants, peasants, and the untouchables. A normal person would think that yeah if you happened to be born into a peasant family that is unfortunate but with hard work you might one day be able to become a merchant. However that was not the case whatever you were born into you were for the rest of your life. The only way to move up was to die that way and basically if you were a peasant you had to be a great peasant your whole life. To me this seems outrageous but to the people of the time they really believed it and they followed through with it. I could not live in a society like this. If you wer