When asked what a pandemic is the average contemporary American cannot answer nor see it as a threat. This has been attributed to the lack of understanding, the oxford dictionary defines a pandemic as a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world. Now In order for a disease to be considered by the CDC as a pandemic, it must first be referenced as an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people. and an epidemic happens when an Agent or a susceptible host is present on a large scale, in laymen's term it simply means that an epidemic occurs when a recent increase in the amount of or virulence of the agent, a recent introduction of an agent in a setting where it has not seen before, an enhanced mode of transmission which exposes more people, a change in the susceptibility of hosts, or factors of introduction through new ports of entry.
Therefore a disease does not need to impact the entire world to simply be defined as a pandemic. some diseases such as smallpox originated from India or Egypt around 3,000 years ago the earliest and famous case of it is in the mummified remains of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses the 5th who died in 1157BC.
Smallpox is categorized as a category A critical biological agent by the CDC because of its transmissibility, high morbidity, and mortality. therefore Smallpox has sufficient criteria to be considered pandemic scale. Other famous diseases that have once been categorized as pandemics would be Cholera which causes severe diarrhea, leads to dehydration, and even death, cholera is introduced into the host by eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated with Vibro Cholerae.
The Bubonic plague is where three types of plagues; bubonic, septic, and pneumonic plague. these plagues were caused by the bacteria yersinia pestis. symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, and vomiting. then lastly large painful lymph would grow from where the infection entered the body. most theorize that this plague ended when quarantine tactics where implemented, therefore the disease naturally ran its course.
Now the Covid-19 pandemic is simply a zoonotic disease that belongs to the Sars family of viruses it is believed that the disease originated from a wet market in Wuhan China. this is were Chinese authorities believed that the virus was allowed to grow and invade a human host through bats or Pangolins. when the first cases were acknowledged by Wuhan doctors on Dec 31 (according to the W.H.O) the Chinese communist party quickly silenced various doctors that were reporting it to the general public and specifically censure its public through online means. Several reports indicated that it took up to nine days for china acknowledge the pathogen, the department of homeland security found that china intentionally concealed the severity of Covid-19 during this time it was found that china began to hoard medical equipment and when interviewed the mayor of Wuhan admitted to the government laked some transparency "It might have been a fortunate thing for containing the new coronavirus if the public had listened to this 'rumor' at the time.” when the disease reached Europe it mutated in order to spread much more faster, some specialist belive that the COVID-19 strain in the east coast is this exact one. And the strain on the west coast is the original strain. Today America ponders between reopening its business while sacrificing its public health or remaining closed while sacrificing its economy, It's like the Early evangelist Lorenzo Dow coined "YOU’LL BE DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON’T"
Friday, May 8, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Module 6
Module 6 Ch 22 The End of an Empire
3) What international circumstances and social changes contributed to the end of colonial empires?
Europe being weakened through war do to content fighting throughout the for year period and the damaged moral superiority brought about through defeat out of the great war aided in the dismantling of colonial empires. yet it wasn't until the united nations created in 1945 when the final nail on the hypothetical empirical coffin was placed. since the U.N created ways to conduct anti-colonial agitations, thus leading to the transformations of said social values which encouraged African and Asian nations to seek political independence. this was furthered by popular western educated elites in said nations to rise in the colonies and insist on independent freedom, through these educators the people in the colonies began to increasingly speak up against the unfair colonial rulings. this even brought some previous colonial leaders to re-establish new political relationships with ex-colonies.
7) What conflicts and differences divided India’s nationalist movement?
Between both political leaders, there was clear disagreement on the future of India, for example, Gandhi the idea of industrialization he hated the fact that this new nation would be a mear image of present nations and their systematic problems. while on the other hand, Nehru wanted India to accept industrialization, not only for its financial benefits but its technological one-two. Another divisive agenda was on the topic of Gandhi's none violence agenda and inclusivity for India, simply put not everyone wanted India to adopt Gandhi's philosophy, this can easily be seen by the evidence that thee were present Hindus preaching hatred against the Muslim minority. they even went as far as stating that the movement to improve the lives of women and the untouchables was primarily to distract people from the independence movement. In the end various other squabbles such as the argument to participate in British legislative bodies without independence, or the growing divide between both political philosophy or religious differences.
16) How and why did thinking about strategies for economic development change over time?
A profound expectation that the state authority would take responsibility for stoking the economic development since the private economy was weakly developed. since private enterprises, bearly contributed and the rapid soviet industrialization under state leadership conflicted with capitalistic interest internationally. although the states promised to protect the vulnerable economy which partnered with the growing dependency on the market to generate economic development which failed do to mismanagement, and statewide corruption along with the collaps of the soviet union changed the thought process/ strategies for economic gain.
3) What international circumstances and social changes contributed to the end of colonial empires?
Europe being weakened through war do to content fighting throughout the for year period and the damaged moral superiority brought about through defeat out of the great war aided in the dismantling of colonial empires. yet it wasn't until the united nations created in 1945 when the final nail on the hypothetical empirical coffin was placed. since the U.N created ways to conduct anti-colonial agitations, thus leading to the transformations of said social values which encouraged African and Asian nations to seek political independence. this was furthered by popular western educated elites in said nations to rise in the colonies and insist on independent freedom, through these educators the people in the colonies began to increasingly speak up against the unfair colonial rulings. this even brought some previous colonial leaders to re-establish new political relationships with ex-colonies.
7) What conflicts and differences divided India’s nationalist movement?
Between both political leaders, there was clear disagreement on the future of India, for example, Gandhi the idea of industrialization he hated the fact that this new nation would be a mear image of present nations and their systematic problems. while on the other hand, Nehru wanted India to accept industrialization, not only for its financial benefits but its technological one-two. Another divisive agenda was on the topic of Gandhi's none violence agenda and inclusivity for India, simply put not everyone wanted India to adopt Gandhi's philosophy, this can easily be seen by the evidence that thee were present Hindus preaching hatred against the Muslim minority. they even went as far as stating that the movement to improve the lives of women and the untouchables was primarily to distract people from the independence movement. In the end various other squabbles such as the argument to participate in British legislative bodies without independence, or the growing divide between both political philosophy or religious differences.
16) How and why did thinking about strategies for economic development change over time?
A profound expectation that the state authority would take responsibility for stoking the economic development since the private economy was weakly developed. since private enterprises, bearly contributed and the rapid soviet industrialization under state leadership conflicted with capitalistic interest internationally. although the states promised to protect the vulnerable economy which partnered with the growing dependency on the market to generate economic development which failed do to mismanagement, and statewide corruption along with the collaps of the soviet union changed the thought process/ strategies for economic gain.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Module 5
Module 5 Previous pandemics and what humanity has learned.
1)Spend some time for this class session learning about any other historical pandemic by doing self-guided research. What other pandemics can you find that has plagued humanity? Where did it strike? Why were people vulnerable to it? How long did it last? Did the people who experienced it learn anything from the experience / do anything differently afterward? What were the long-term effects of it on human populations or on the planet?
- As many have now clearly been exposed to the media one should already be aware of the life-altering impact that the COVID 19 Pandemic has brought, therefore many may be asking "what is a pandemic?" and "What does it do?". The word pandemic originates from the Greek word Pan meaning all and demos meaning people, the -ic is English and coming together making our modern-day word Pandemic. yet what does pandemic mean? put simply a pandemic is an outbreak of diseases or disease in a global proportion. They usually occur when a new virus (a submicroscopic infectious agent) emerges and begins to infect people at an alarming rate and is able to sustain such spread. There usually is little to no existing immunity which allows it to spread so quickly.
Our ancestors had previous pandemics and clearly, some overcame them, as humans have come together and organized themselves in closer compacted cities the probability for infectious diseases to emerge has risen. One of these great pandemics was the plague of Justinian (541-542 AD) in the Byzantine Empire. The culprit was Yersinia pestis aka the bubonic plague, it was carried by rats and transferred to humans through fleas. 25-50 million died after the plague had run its course, then returned 800 years later as the most infamous pandemic in human history. Sicily,1347 sailers brought with them very mysterious illnesses that gave people dark swellings or "buboes" in the armpit region and the groin. therefore this leads to the infamous Black Death.
The Black Death that ran from 1347-1351 forced visions to ban sailors from entering the city and lead to the first use of the word quarantine or 40 days in reference to the time that sailors spent in their ships before they were allowed to disembark. other places began to adopt such tactics such as the Italians where they prominently named it "Quaranta giorni". in the end 100-200million died across Eurasia.
Europeans also dealt with other Endemic diseases (diseases that have constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographical area) such as Chickenpox, Measles, and Small Pox. these diseases where the ones brought over to the new world and led to the death of approximately 20 million deaths in the pre-Colombian population. "In the end, it was not bullets nor steel that conquered the Americas but instead microscopic life forms that did the deed".
The Spanish Flue of 1918 which infected 500 million worldwide yet in this case the Spanish flue impacted the young adults the hardest. half that succumbed to the infection were between the ages of 20 and 40, and 99% were under the age of 65. so by the end of 1920 50-10milion had died.
Unlike these previous pandemics, it is highly unlikely we will reach such amounts yet if we truly wish to survive we must evolve, Learn and Adapt. Like the famous movie adaptation of H.G wells war of the world narrated (Morgan Freeman) said "...By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challenges. For neither do men live nor die in vain."
1)Spend some time for this class session learning about any other historical pandemic by doing self-guided research. What other pandemics can you find that has plagued humanity? Where did it strike? Why were people vulnerable to it? How long did it last? Did the people who experienced it learn anything from the experience / do anything differently afterward? What were the long-term effects of it on human populations or on the planet?
- As many have now clearly been exposed to the media one should already be aware of the life-altering impact that the COVID 19 Pandemic has brought, therefore many may be asking "what is a pandemic?" and "What does it do?". The word pandemic originates from the Greek word Pan meaning all and demos meaning people, the -ic is English and coming together making our modern-day word Pandemic. yet what does pandemic mean? put simply a pandemic is an outbreak of diseases or disease in a global proportion. They usually occur when a new virus (a submicroscopic infectious agent) emerges and begins to infect people at an alarming rate and is able to sustain such spread. There usually is little to no existing immunity which allows it to spread so quickly.
Our ancestors had previous pandemics and clearly, some overcame them, as humans have come together and organized themselves in closer compacted cities the probability for infectious diseases to emerge has risen. One of these great pandemics was the plague of Justinian (541-542 AD) in the Byzantine Empire. The culprit was Yersinia pestis aka the bubonic plague, it was carried by rats and transferred to humans through fleas. 25-50 million died after the plague had run its course, then returned 800 years later as the most infamous pandemic in human history. Sicily,1347 sailers brought with them very mysterious illnesses that gave people dark swellings or "buboes" in the armpit region and the groin. therefore this leads to the infamous Black Death.
The Black Death that ran from 1347-1351 forced visions to ban sailors from entering the city and lead to the first use of the word quarantine or 40 days in reference to the time that sailors spent in their ships before they were allowed to disembark. other places began to adopt such tactics such as the Italians where they prominently named it "Quaranta giorni". in the end 100-200million died across Eurasia.
Europeans also dealt with other Endemic diseases (diseases that have constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographical area) such as Chickenpox, Measles, and Small Pox. these diseases where the ones brought over to the new world and led to the death of approximately 20 million deaths in the pre-Colombian population. "In the end, it was not bullets nor steel that conquered the Americas but instead microscopic life forms that did the deed".
The Spanish Flue of 1918 which infected 500 million worldwide yet in this case the Spanish flue impacted the young adults the hardest. half that succumbed to the infection were between the ages of 20 and 40, and 99% were under the age of 65. so by the end of 1920 50-10milion had died.
Unlike these previous pandemics, it is highly unlikely we will reach such amounts yet if we truly wish to survive we must evolve, Learn and Adapt. Like the famous movie adaptation of H.G wells war of the world narrated (Morgan Freeman) said "...By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challenges. For neither do men live nor die in vain."
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Module 4
Module 4 Ch 20 Collapse at the Center
1) Summarize the section from chapter 20
Ch 20 as stated by Strayer was a collective summery in how the leaders of western civilization such as Britain, France, Germany, and lost their position and influence through collective conflicts that weekend Europe, led to the death of various Empires and their loss of Colonies. left in its own self-destruction leadership of the western world was left in the hands of one of its predecessors the United states. War had left Europe in a crippling state, so much that by 1945 you wouldn't be criticized for thinking that the western civilization was damaged beyond repair. yet in the second half of the century, the western power showed its resilience by creating a European Union. Strayer latter goes on describing the first world war and how the Empires interweaving pacts lead to an all-out war. how the fighting not only occurred in Europe but also in its colonies, such as in Africa and the south pacific where British and French forces began to take over german colonies. Japan's allying with Britain invaded China in order to overtake German colonies. then latter started on how the Ottomans saw intense fighting not only through Allied hands but also through Arab Revolts. Lastly Describing how America joined the conflict after German submarines endangered American shipments in the Atlantic, this allowed Americans to have its first conflict over European soil and helped turn the tide in favor of the allies.
2) Summarize what you learned during your self-guided research
Trench warfare that most used tactics in the first world war led to various casualties not only though enemy hands but also do to terrible conditions created by their own undoing. the infamous trench foot condition was attributed to the disease a soldier would get when further long exposure to damp and unsanitary conditions was intermingled with the soldier's barefoot. another negative outcome that came from the trench's horrible conditions was just that the horrendous conditions soldiers lived in. disease and rot ran rampant the dead and the infected could bearly be told apart. on top of that, there was damage done by opposition such as gasses and chemical warfare. humanity's own ingenuity was turned into a weapon in a feverish attempt to end the war much quicker yet it only made it more deadly. Lastly, there is the ever more present shellshock condition in where the prolonged exposure to loud explosions in the field would leave a man disoriented and proved to have long-lasting psychological effects.
3) Relate what you’ve learned from both of those activities to the world we live in today. Some people say that fascist tendencies seem to be on the rise in parts of the world today… do you agree? If so, in what ways do contemporary trends demonstrate fascist tendencies? If not, what key elements of fascism would you need to see evidence of in order to say that this is an accurate claim?
Fascism, when defined, is the collective action of putting a nation or race above everything else. this may include individuality and inevitably human rights. Fascism is usually seen as creating a central singular autocracy that is more comparable to a regime or dictatorial leader. Many have compared the similarity in fascism to nationalism in where nationalism, when defined, is the identity of one's own nation and supporter of its nation's interest, especially in excluding the interest of other nations. To be blunt people associate nationalism with fascism do to its ties with its nation's nature yet fascism is an extreme version of nationalism and when comparing the two nationalism seem more calm and domestic than Fascism. The danger in today's political nature is the confusion of the two, it not only blurs the definition of its self but may lead to some unwanted outcomes when the watering down of the word occurs. such as the Orwellian concept in distorting or even corrupting the idea it refers to. Orwellian not in a sense of totalitarian control but in manipulative/inceptive use of language, because language is very powerful it shapes our very own thoughts and opinions.
1) Summarize the section from chapter 20
Ch 20 as stated by Strayer was a collective summery in how the leaders of western civilization such as Britain, France, Germany, and lost their position and influence through collective conflicts that weekend Europe, led to the death of various Empires and their loss of Colonies. left in its own self-destruction leadership of the western world was left in the hands of one of its predecessors the United states. War had left Europe in a crippling state, so much that by 1945 you wouldn't be criticized for thinking that the western civilization was damaged beyond repair. yet in the second half of the century, the western power showed its resilience by creating a European Union. Strayer latter goes on describing the first world war and how the Empires interweaving pacts lead to an all-out war. how the fighting not only occurred in Europe but also in its colonies, such as in Africa and the south pacific where British and French forces began to take over german colonies. Japan's allying with Britain invaded China in order to overtake German colonies. then latter started on how the Ottomans saw intense fighting not only through Allied hands but also through Arab Revolts. Lastly Describing how America joined the conflict after German submarines endangered American shipments in the Atlantic, this allowed Americans to have its first conflict over European soil and helped turn the tide in favor of the allies.
2) Summarize what you learned during your self-guided research
Trench warfare that most used tactics in the first world war led to various casualties not only though enemy hands but also do to terrible conditions created by their own undoing. the infamous trench foot condition was attributed to the disease a soldier would get when further long exposure to damp and unsanitary conditions was intermingled with the soldier's barefoot. another negative outcome that came from the trench's horrible conditions was just that the horrendous conditions soldiers lived in. disease and rot ran rampant the dead and the infected could bearly be told apart. on top of that, there was damage done by opposition such as gasses and chemical warfare. humanity's own ingenuity was turned into a weapon in a feverish attempt to end the war much quicker yet it only made it more deadly. Lastly, there is the ever more present shellshock condition in where the prolonged exposure to loud explosions in the field would leave a man disoriented and proved to have long-lasting psychological effects.
3) Relate what you’ve learned from both of those activities to the world we live in today. Some people say that fascist tendencies seem to be on the rise in parts of the world today… do you agree? If so, in what ways do contemporary trends demonstrate fascist tendencies? If not, what key elements of fascism would you need to see evidence of in order to say that this is an accurate claim?
Fascism, when defined, is the collective action of putting a nation or race above everything else. this may include individuality and inevitably human rights. Fascism is usually seen as creating a central singular autocracy that is more comparable to a regime or dictatorial leader. Many have compared the similarity in fascism to nationalism in where nationalism, when defined, is the identity of one's own nation and supporter of its nation's interest, especially in excluding the interest of other nations. To be blunt people associate nationalism with fascism do to its ties with its nation's nature yet fascism is an extreme version of nationalism and when comparing the two nationalism seem more calm and domestic than Fascism. The danger in today's political nature is the confusion of the two, it not only blurs the definition of its self but may lead to some unwanted outcomes when the watering down of the word occurs. such as the Orwellian concept in distorting or even corrupting the idea it refers to. Orwellian not in a sense of totalitarian control but in manipulative/inceptive use of language, because language is very powerful it shapes our very own thoughts and opinions.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Module 3
Module 3 Empires in collision
1. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of 19thcentury China?
The Peasant rebellion in 19th Century China was caused by the large increase in population, such a large increase in a small time frame creat very unsustanable conditions. Chinese agriculture was not able to keep up with demand thus creating large famines throughout the peasant community. such large population growth also strained the government's ability to keep up this force various eurocrats to mistreat or mishandle problems ineffectively, causing further frustration among the ever-growing Peasent community. Government over taxation, natural disasters and the emperor's misguided trust on ineffective officials can be tied up as the collective reason as to why the peasant class revolted in 19th century China.
5. What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 19thcentury?
The Competition for Cheap European manufactured goods created massive unemployment rates in the Ottoman empire which hit the many Ottamin craftsmen/artisans the hardest. this soon leads to various urban riots and protests towards foreign imports. European aggression further diminished the Ottoman empire in Egypt and the balks. Raising revenue or the act of it had drastically diminished thus creating power-hungry warlords in the area and Provincial authorities, a week military presence, commerce in Afro Eurasia had diminished since European powers had Nautical routes directly to Asia. Lastly, the Ottoman empire grew extremely dependent on foreign loans and its inability to repay interest led to many of its oppositions owning their parts of their major revenue providers.
11. How did Japan’s relationship with the larger world change during its modernization process?
Japan had a very strong exclusion from the years 1600-1850, in order to avoid problems with china Japan agreed to unequal treaties with western powers originally resisting such treaties Japan was later influenced to accept in order to evade present conflicts. when compared to the Ottomans, and Chinese Empires Japan is seen as an outlier who needed to adapt quickly to the modern world with the assistance of western trade in order to survive against foreign dominance. yet unlike the Chinese Empire Japan was not seen as a major concern to the western powers which allowed Japan to reform under less pressure from the west. lastly unlike the Ottomans Japan was not as reliant on foreign capital which allowed for a strong dependent economy.
1. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of 19thcentury China?
The Peasant rebellion in 19th Century China was caused by the large increase in population, such a large increase in a small time frame creat very unsustanable conditions. Chinese agriculture was not able to keep up with demand thus creating large famines throughout the peasant community. such large population growth also strained the government's ability to keep up this force various eurocrats to mistreat or mishandle problems ineffectively, causing further frustration among the ever-growing Peasent community. Government over taxation, natural disasters and the emperor's misguided trust on ineffective officials can be tied up as the collective reason as to why the peasant class revolted in 19th century China.
5. What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 19thcentury?
The Competition for Cheap European manufactured goods created massive unemployment rates in the Ottoman empire which hit the many Ottamin craftsmen/artisans the hardest. this soon leads to various urban riots and protests towards foreign imports. European aggression further diminished the Ottoman empire in Egypt and the balks. Raising revenue or the act of it had drastically diminished thus creating power-hungry warlords in the area and Provincial authorities, a week military presence, commerce in Afro Eurasia had diminished since European powers had Nautical routes directly to Asia. Lastly, the Ottoman empire grew extremely dependent on foreign loans and its inability to repay interest led to many of its oppositions owning their parts of their major revenue providers.
11. How did Japan’s relationship with the larger world change during its modernization process?
Japan had a very strong exclusion from the years 1600-1850, in order to avoid problems with china Japan agreed to unequal treaties with western powers originally resisting such treaties Japan was later influenced to accept in order to evade present conflicts. when compared to the Ottomans, and Chinese Empires Japan is seen as an outlier who needed to adapt quickly to the modern world with the assistance of western trade in order to survive against foreign dominance. yet unlike the Chinese Empire Japan was not seen as a major concern to the western powers which allowed Japan to reform under less pressure from the west. lastly unlike the Ottomans Japan was not as reliant on foreign capital which allowed for a strong dependent economy.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Module 2 Ch 18
1. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character of 19thcentury European imperialism?
With the emergence of the Industrial Revolution, European powers quickly saw the use of a foreign intervention that inevitably gave fruit to foreign markets. As Strayer correctly quoted the English Empirialist Cecil Rhodes "... In order to save 40 million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a murderous civil war, the colonist politicians must open up new areas to absorb the excess population and create new markets for the products of the mines and factories..." In order to alleviate the problem created by Imperialists such as class division, and redistribution of wealth the Imperialists believed that by Invading, stealing natural resources and selling back said resources as newly created products such problems back home might be solved. This mentality was, of course, rampant to the point that it was the norm at the time and European Imperialists sought out against each other to gain a piece of the "Pie".
4. In what different ways was colonial rule established in various parts of Africa and Asia?
The success of the Industrial Revolution created a necessity of raw materials, in which Imperialist reached out and obtained said materials by any means necessary. European nationalism was the main motivator in justifying such pirating. One major continent ravished by 19th Century Imperialism was Africa, The competition for natural resources between European nations created a race to the finish and along the way little disregard was given to the colonized nations, to put it bluntly, a famous statement summarized the Imperialistic view of the situation "whatever happens we have got the maxi gun (machine gun) and they have not."
3. What contributed to changing European views of Asians and Africans in the 19thcentury?
Charles Darwin better known for his famous discovery of the evolution of animals in their natural realms shook the scientific world in the late 19th century, Darwinism a term coined by an English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley describes the theory of evolution; it states that all species being organic arise and develop through natural selection through small inherited variants that increase the individual's ability to compete survive and reproduce. now Social Darwinism is the theory that any group of people is subjected to Darwinian law of natural selection, Social Darwinism made Imperialism along with war, and aggression in Africa and Asia a just cause since it was seen as both a natural and progressive method that weeded out the weaker peoples of the world allowing the stronger to flourish.
With the emergence of the Industrial Revolution, European powers quickly saw the use of a foreign intervention that inevitably gave fruit to foreign markets. As Strayer correctly quoted the English Empirialist Cecil Rhodes "... In order to save 40 million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a murderous civil war, the colonist politicians must open up new areas to absorb the excess population and create new markets for the products of the mines and factories..." In order to alleviate the problem created by Imperialists such as class division, and redistribution of wealth the Imperialists believed that by Invading, stealing natural resources and selling back said resources as newly created products such problems back home might be solved. This mentality was, of course, rampant to the point that it was the norm at the time and European Imperialists sought out against each other to gain a piece of the "Pie".
4. In what different ways was colonial rule established in various parts of Africa and Asia?
The success of the Industrial Revolution created a necessity of raw materials, in which Imperialist reached out and obtained said materials by any means necessary. European nationalism was the main motivator in justifying such pirating. One major continent ravished by 19th Century Imperialism was Africa, The competition for natural resources between European nations created a race to the finish and along the way little disregard was given to the colonized nations, to put it bluntly, a famous statement summarized the Imperialistic view of the situation "whatever happens we have got the maxi gun (machine gun) and they have not."
3. What contributed to changing European views of Asians and Africans in the 19thcentury?
Charles Darwin better known for his famous discovery of the evolution of animals in their natural realms shook the scientific world in the late 19th century, Darwinism a term coined by an English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley describes the theory of evolution; it states that all species being organic arise and develop through natural selection through small inherited variants that increase the individual's ability to compete survive and reproduce. now Social Darwinism is the theory that any group of people is subjected to Darwinian law of natural selection, Social Darwinism made Imperialism along with war, and aggression in Africa and Asia a just cause since it was seen as both a natural and progressive method that weeded out the weaker peoples of the world allowing the stronger to flourish.
Monday, March 23, 2020
online Module 1 Ch 17 The Industrial Rev.
Online Module 13) What was distinctive about Britain that may help explain its status as the breakthrough point of the Industrial Revolution? For starters, Britain had already been a large player in the world market, therefore commerce had always been a motivation for Britain. Another reason is that historians attribute the fact that most landlords had already bought off large sections of land leaving very little in the way of competition thus pushing new eager philanthropists to try their hand in innovative fields. Its Political landscape also favored Commercialization and innovation, for example the religious freedom drove in many people with technical skills, and when compared to Frances's approach to Protestants it is clear to see that Britain was a hot spot for the Religiously persecuted, far more importantly people with skills. Also, various positive acts were enacted favoring businessmen, such as tariffs being enacted in their favor by the British gov't. tariffs that directly attacked Indian goods such as textiles. this allowed the British companies to flourish in such a landscape. The Scientific Revolution in Britain led a path to the industrial revolution, it was their manner of approach to science, which allowed various innovations to flourish such as the improved steam engine. A science that concentrated more on observation, experimentation, Precise measurement, mechanical devices, and Practical Commercial Application was seen in Britain than the more Popular version in Europe that was more based on Logic, Deduction, and mathematical Reasoning. 6) How did Karl Marx understand the Industrial Revolution? In what ways did his ideas have an impact in the industrializing world of the 19th century?Karl Max deeply believed in his understanding that the Industrial Revolution was by its nature creating an unstable system in where it would all collapse in itself through an inevitable revolution. Karl Marx's ideas had a deep impact in the industrializing world of the 19th century because of the socialist movements and their powerful roots in unions, this strongly shaped his personal view of communism. This also leads to the Russian revolution which during the first world war removed the Russian Zsar and overpowered the Russian provisional Gov't which was entirely run by nobles and large capitalist, the soviets entirely comprised of soldiers and urban industrial working class had revolted and fought under the name the Red Army, The bolsheviks soon eliminated all opposition and created the USSR. 14) How might you situate the Industrial Revolution in the long history of humankind? How do you think the material covered in this chapter will be viewed 50, 100 or 200 years into the future? I truly believe that in the years after, historians will look back at their predecessors and contribute global comers and Industrial revolution to the personal or collective decision for profit at the time. The present alluded men to choose and decide on major decisions were they never fully observed the outcome of their own decision or not being fully educated in their own decisions. With this being said The Industrial Revolution is simply one chapter in the evergrowing story of Humankind.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Post on Massaro reading and the NDNU founders week
-After reading the hearty hand out I was taken back on how many social topics were covered and supported by the catholic church. Granted I have had previous experiences with the practice of theology, I simply assumed such a practice would serve as norms for followers of the church to adhere to yet time and time again I was reminded by the interwoven values we as Americans hold so close such as basic human writes and liberties. yet others were present such as the collective support of the younger generation. this kept reminding me about an old proverb "Society Grows great when old man plant trees whose shade they will never sit under". That by sacrificing ones time we all can make for a better society.
-Founders week was especially entertaining and informative, the history of NDNU is rich with lessons one is still able to obtain and apply to contemporary NDNU, such as the aiding of others. Just the other day we have gifted a large wicker basket for the commuters lounge and inside were personalized lunch baggies filled with small snacks and drinks. to some this may seem like a nice gesture yet for others like myself I found this act to be very gracious since I had to stay later in the day and did not pack my usual lunch. a small gesture of kindness really goes a long way.
-After reading the hearty hand out I was taken back on how many social topics were covered and supported by the catholic church. Granted I have had previous experiences with the practice of theology, I simply assumed such a practice would serve as norms for followers of the church to adhere to yet time and time again I was reminded by the interwoven values we as Americans hold so close such as basic human writes and liberties. yet others were present such as the collective support of the younger generation. this kept reminding me about an old proverb "Society Grows great when old man plant trees whose shade they will never sit under". That by sacrificing ones time we all can make for a better society.
-Founders week was especially entertaining and informative, the history of NDNU is rich with lessons one is still able to obtain and apply to contemporary NDNU, such as the aiding of others. Just the other day we have gifted a large wicker basket for the commuters lounge and inside were personalized lunch baggies filled with small snacks and drinks. to some this may seem like a nice gesture yet for others like myself I found this act to be very gracious since I had to stay later in the day and did not pack my usual lunch. a small gesture of kindness really goes a long way.
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