World History

Chapter 12 Summary In Australia, they made so many types of iteams, like canoes, fish hooks, netting, and rituals. They also did alot of exchanging with goods over hundreds of miles. They created sculptures and rock paintings. The Australian people were known for mastering the environment, they came up with firestick farming, which made it easier for them to hunt.  In the 15th century many people contracted greatly as the Agricultural Revolution unfolded across the planet. Agricultural villages arose within the The Igbo and Iroquois people. These villages were small and organized. These societies were led without political authority. The East Niger River in West Africa was where the Igbo people lived, and they did not like kingship and state building. They traded cotton, fish, and copper among just themselves.  However, The Iroquois civilization was settled in New York. The 5 Iroquois speaking peoples: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. These groups made an a...

Mongols Who were the Mongols? They were pastoral nomads who disdained farming while entering their economic lives around animals. The Mongols left a mark on the historical development of the Afro Eurasian Empire.  The Mogol empire was huge. They conquered, defeated, and exploited people. An individual who was important within the Mongols was  Marco Polo. He  claimed that the Mongols maintained 10,000 stations in all regions and 200,000 horses. The Mongols religion was more of an acquiring type of thing. They were interested in learning others religions and traditions, they were very open-minded. The Mongol people came up with innovations. For example; horse harnesses, saddles, iron stirrups, forms of armor, and swords. Black Death was also mentioned in this chapter.  This plague claimed thousands of humans causing a contraction in population 70-90% affected. The Mongols invaded Northern China began in 1209 and went on until 1279.  Mongols were also in Persia ...

Chapter 7 Summary I feel like this chapter focused a lot on the Silk Road. This road was known for commercial network that linked civilizations of the western and eastern Eurasia. The Silk Road grew and expanded, and it was known as the "economic exchange along Silk Roads". This road included different areas of specialization. The areas regional areas included: China, Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia, India, Middle East, and Mediterranean basin. The Silk Roads brought culture and tradition. One of the cultures was Dunhuang, located in western China at a Silk Road trading network, and Dunhuang was also the center of Buddhism. Even though culture was created, disease also came along with it. Long-distance trades exposed people to unfamiliar diseases that would spread and spread among people leading to large amounts of death. Next,  The Indian Ocean which was known as the Sea Roads, was a place for trading in the: Mediterranean basin, East Africa, Arabia, ...

Chapter 6 Summary Africa, Specifically Meroe gained resources from trading. Different groups were common in Africa, a reason for this is because of the climate differences throughout the continent. Meroe had a lot of women as queens with higher power.  The Niger River had many cities surrounding it however there was a large drought in the Sahara, which caused people to leave the area. The cities around the Niger River never really developed, and they had social inequalities and specializations. What gained them power was their metal working skills. Mesoamerca included the  Myans. The Myan's culture was known for its architectural achievements. Many cities had their own government officials yet none had any central authority. Myans eventually fell, and there was really no certain reason. But it was said that it may be due to the lack of resources and the towns being overpopulated. Teotihuacan was considered as The Americas  "Greatest City" - This is because this  cit...

Chapter 8 summary Chapter 8 was all about the "Golden Age" for China.  What created the "Golden Age"? It was when the Tang and Song dynasty renewed unity. During this time China was filled of arts and lit, poetry,  landscape painting,  ceramics, and the Song dynasty rising to Neo-Confucianism. The Chinese built the Great Wall, and this is what they used to keep nomads out. However, the Chinese ended up forming relationships with these nomadic people. This then led onto what was known as the "tribute system." If foreigners wanted access to get to China, they had to send a delegation to the Chinese court, and from there they would hold a series of rituals bowings and prostrations, and present their tribute to the Chinese people The Song dynasty was huge, and the capital was in Hangzhou. This was home to over a million people. Women in the Song dynasty did not think of this era as the " Golden Age." The things women dealt with were; foot binding a...

In this chapter what I thought was interesting was the section about "The Making of Roman Slavery". It said that even poor households usually had at least one or two female slaves, and they had to participate in domestic work and sexual services. Strayer also mentioned that it was a bad thing to become a slave, but a good thing to own one, which sounded so evil. Even though some slaves were released by their owners, they still could not becone citizens nor gain political rights. Strayer said that slavery was a "defining element of Roman society". I found it interesting how the Italian heartland of the Roman empire had about 2 and 3 million slaves, which represented 33-40 percent of the population. Wealthy Romans could own thousands of slaves, which I thought was crazy to read because I could only imagine one person owning hundreds or thousands of slaves to themselves. The crazy part was that it stated that even "modest people" owned at least two to three ...