...“In what way has the study of world history affected my understanding of the world in which I live?” The study of world history has broadened my view on the world and its past in many ways. How humans interact with the environment and its animals, the importance of culture, and the importance of power and its effect have changed since I first began this class. A main piece of information I learned with the AP World History class is the importance of agriculture. Agriculture was the cause for change from hunter-gathers to a new age that caused indefinite change that changed the way of life. Farmers and their farms, plantations, and all that is related to that were something that I never placed as important. Nowadays intelligence is important and it was in the past but not in the Paleolithic era, it was agriculture. I never really knew how important the environment and its flora and fauna were in the past. All I ever knew, until I learn about the history, was...
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...World history is in regards to all of humanity’s past. It is not just with reference to certain countries, groups, or cities. It involves all the people of the world. This is why it is important for everyone to learn about world history. All people today need to be educated in regards to the humans of the past. It is important to know what people were like in the past. Knowing how much humans have changed since the beginning can give a sense of what technology will be like in the future. It also shows how different groups of people are from each other. It also teaches how the thoughts and opinions of humans have changed; for example, views in regards to slavery. Knowing the past helps one know where their place in time is. Today’s humans...
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...you write the History of the World? The history of the world is a very broad and extremely extensive topic to cover. There are literally endless amounts of information that one could write about for a world history coarse or textbook. Where one starts amidst the vast sea of our worlds history is a large part of where the coarse or text will go. For a coarse such as this one, based on modern world history with the emphasis on war and environmental and technical change we cannot start too far back on a timeline because otherwise we will never reach the modern history. As a starting point the middle ages works well because it gives us a slight background of the ancient worlds but is a very transitional time. Spending a short amount of time in the Middle Ages focusing mainly on the crusades and the kings of England and their reigns to get the reader or student interested. After discussing the middle ages, we would move on the exploration and colonization of the rest of the world. This is a major point and a larger amount of time should be placed here because first off there is much to cover with the Columbus discovery of north America followed by the sea route to India. Also because these are extremely important times because they are basically the start of the western world we know today. Around the same time period we have the war of the Roses followed by the Elizabethan age in Britain. Also, since it is world history and not simply western world history, there should...
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...Unit 1; Maps, Time, and World History, is a lesson on the elements that contribute to world history. The subject of world history is a view of the world, not just a specific region. There are 2 themes that contribute to world history. Integration, which is how people came together, and difference, meaning what distinguishes human societies. For example, the Indian Ocean was a place of trade, which brought people together who differentiated in culture. There are various tools which historians use to organize information. Maps are an important tool that help historians organize their studies using the concept of space. Although, maps have been used two different ways: as tools to guide research and as an insight on how societies perceived themselves...
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...Mahatma Gandhi describes western civilization as a force in the world that even though can be seen as a great idea is essentially everything that’s wrong with the modern world. Gandhi gives the notion that the more people give in to the culture of western civilizations the more they give up on what truly makes humans human. Gandhi states the difference between cultures when he states, “But from the present civilization, or, rather, from western civilization, there flow two propositions which have almost become maxims to live by I call them fallacious maxims. They are might is right and survival of the fittest. Those who have propounded these two maxims have given a meaning to them. I am not going into the meaning that might be attached in our minds to them, but they have said undoubtedly, by saying “might is right”, that physical might is right, that physical strength is right and supreme. Some of them have also combined intellectual strength with physical strength, but I would replace both these with heart-strength, and I say that nobody with merely physical might and intellectual might can ever enjoy that strength that can proceed from the heart. It never can be that mere intellectual or mere physical strength can ever supersede the heart-strength or, as Ruskin would say, social affections. A quickening and quickened soul responds only to the springs of the heart. To Gandhi the difference between western and eastern is that It appears that western civilization is destructive...
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...time. * As a general, improved conditions for troops, gaining support and boosting morale. * Seized power, coup d’etat and the people of france accepted Napolean’s dictatorship. 4.) Lasting Effects of Napolean: * Scholar’s organized all French law into Napoleanic Code. * Established the Bank of France to act as a central financial institution. * Put into effect a system that included high schools, universities, and technical schools * Concordat: Recognized that most French citizens were Catholic, but it still allowed religious freedom. Most important, the church gave up claims to the property that the government had seized and sold during the Revolution. 9.) How World War I was fought, and the concept of total war. * Four Factors for World War I: Nationalism, Militarism, imperialism, system of alliances * Triple Alliance: Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary * Triple Entente: France, Russia, Great Britain * Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia * Germany declares war on Russia * Germany declares war on France * Germany invades Belgian territory * Britain declares war on Germany * Total War is a country utilizing all its resources towards the war. 10.) Why the Russian Revolution Succeeded * Two factions fought for power of the Soviets: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks * Bolsheviks had Vladimir Lenin, who trained workers to become a revolutionary force. * The Bolsheviks appealed to the war-weary...
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...J.M. Keynes: - In “The economic consequences of the peace”, he argued that the treaty ignores the economic solidarity of Europe and by aiming at the destruction of the economic life of Germany it threatens the health and prosperity of the Allies themselves. - He argues that the real problem of the settlement lay not in the issues of boundaries but rather in the questions of food, coal and commerce - His predictions were right when Germany was to face hyperinflation (a rise in price that became totally out of control) - War-guilt cause The German Problem: * Refers to the concern of other European powers regarding the huge potential that Germany had to dominate Europe. Given its geographical position and its economic and military potential, it was in a position to upset the balance of power and threaten other countries. Historian W.H.Dawson: Germany under the Treaty Germany’s border is bleeding Alternative view of the Treaty * Compared to the treaties that Germany had imposed on Russia and Romania earlier in 1918, the Treaty of Versailles was quite moderate. * Niall Ferguson: the treaty was relatively lenient * The treaty of Versailles was quite moderate and lenient * The treaty in fact left Germany in a relatively strong position in the center of Europe Germany power and expansion * The huge reparations bill was not responsible for the economic crisis that Germany faced in the early 1920s * Treaty of St. Germain * Austria was nicknamed...
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...History has shown a tendency to repeat itself. There is a common thread of fear, accusation, and ultimately loss and distress when people feel threatened by change. Dating back from the colonial times to even present day, humans have shown a habit of trying to solve a problem the same way, time after time. By not learning from history, events recur in different forms, but are caused by the same actions and accusations. Unfortunately, there are almost always people persecuted as a result, who end up experiencing misery for, in this case, such irrational and biased beliefs. It seems inevitable for humans to break into hysterics once they feel intimidation. Nonetheless, history finds its way back to the present. Fear is timeless, and as stated in Source A, “The Salem witch trials of the 1690’s were all about the fear of women and their independence, seen by many in the community as a threat to Puritan values.” This proves that even from the establishment of America, people have felt fear and intimidation when change was foreseen. Similar events develop in later times as Source B confirms, “During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed...
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...1. Throughout the 18th century, many manufacturing processes were improved upon during the Industrial Revolution. For this reason, the inventions ultimately changed the livelihoods of Americans across the United States, making their lives much easier and simpler. One of the most famous inventions that greatly impacted how Americans lived was Howe’s sewing machine, which was later improved upon by Isaac Singer. Because of Singer’s sewing machine, it not only “revolutionized” women’s work, but also allowed women to have more leisure time to themselves. Another invention that influenced how people of the 18th century worked was McCormick’s reaper. Instead of harvesting less than a half of an acre a day, McCormick’s reaper now enabled farmers to harvest more than twelve acres a day. Because of the various inventions, it eventually allowed the displaced workers to work on other jobs within places such as the shoe factories, iron foundries, and textile mills. During the nine years between 1845 and 1854, the population of America dramatically increased due to the large influx of Irish and Germans immigrants. After more than a million people died from the deadly potato epidemic, more than two million Irish people immigrated to the United States in search for high-paying jobs and the American Dream. Though the Irish hoped for a successful future in America, they were instead, greeted resistance, as they were unskilled laborers who often fought for low-paying jobs. By the 1850s, many of...
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...Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I, which pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four years of the Great War–as it was then known–saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction, thanks to grueling trench warfare and the introduction of modern weaponry such as machine guns, tanks and chemical weapons. By the time World War I ended in the defeat of the Central Powers in November 1918, more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and 21 million more wounded. WORLD WAR I BEGINS (1914) Though tensions had been brewing in Europe–and especially in the troubled Balkan region–for years before conflict actually broke out, the spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death along with his wife by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slavic nationalism once and for...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: World History since 1945 Truman Doctrine The doctrine is named after the then-president Harry Truman. The speech made by the president before Congress in 1947 gave birth to the doctrine. The reason President Truman made the speech was because Britain had announced that they will no longer support the Greek government economically and military wise. Through the doctrine, the government of United States of America (USA) promised to provide political, army and economic aid to all democratic countries under threat from authoritarian powers. It further outlined the change in the USA foreign policy from its usual withdrawal stance from regional conflicts not directly touching on the country, to one of intervention in conflict all over the world. The doctrine also promised to help Turkey and Greece economically and through military actions against the communists this after Britain announced that they would be withdrawing their support. These countries were to receive $400,000,000 aid. The doctrine contents were justified by the need to help free people in their fight against totalitarian rule which would undermine international peace and hence affect the security of the USA (Jones, 36). NSC-68 The National Security Council Paper NSC-68 was a top secret report meant to confront the treat the hostile design of the Soviet Union had on the USA. The report banned the regeneration of US isolationism arguing that it will result in Soviet Union supremacy...
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...Q1. ans: They were descendants of Japan’s first indigenous people. They were self-sufficient fishers, hunters, food collectors, and lived in permanent villages. they were also considered non-humans. Q2. ans: The Russo-Japanese War was 110 years ago. The war killed upwards of 125,000 people, and limited Russian influence in Northeast Asia. The shogun and the bakufu were warned to be prepared for the trouble that came from the outside world. Q3. ans: China already had some knowledge about Europeans, but the change was in 1543 when the portuguese were the first europeans to arrive in Japan, creating a great impact, because of firearms, which were unknown. In Japan the portuguese also reseted trade, the first global trade since they had a lot of outposts and forts linking Japan and Europe for the first time. But the the Bakufu in Japan decided to expel all the foreigners....
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...When war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the levels of severity that the war would escalate also. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America's involvement in World War 2 not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insane Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich, but had also came at the precise time and moment. Had the United States entered the war any later the consequences might have been worse. Over the years, it has been an often heated and debated issue on whether the United States could have entered the war sooner and thus saved many lives. To try to understand this we must look both at the people and at government's point of view. Just after war broke out in Europe, President Roosevelt hurriedly called his cabinet and military advisors together. There it was agreed that the United States stay neutral in these affairs. One of the reasons given was that unless America was directly threatened, they had no reason to be involved. Thus, the provisional neutrality act passed the senate by seventy-nine votes to two in 1935. On August 31, Roosevelt signed it into law. In 1936, the law was renewed, and in 1937, a comprehensive and permanent neutrality act was passed. The desire to avoid "foreign entanglements" of all kinds had been an American foreign policy for more than a century. Even if Roosevelt had wanted to do more in the European crisis (which he did not), there was a factor too often...
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...Name Class Date Professor A History of World War 2 World War 2 was a very interest time period, and there were a lot of different factors that helped to contribute to the war. Many different nations got involved in this war, with each of them choosing a different side, this led to many rivalries. It also caused hard feelings between many nations, because before the war they may have had a close friendship between the countries, but after the war started that friendship ceased to exist because of the strain of war. There were many important details in World War 2, that helped to create what it became, and I’m going to discuss some of those details. Within World War 2, many different things occurred, such as concentration camps, and those issues are very important to many today, even though this event happened so many years ago. That is why I’m going to discuss the historical key points during World War 2, and explain why they were important. The beginning of World War 2 did not happen immediately as some might think, but it took time to develop. It all began when Hitler withdrew himself from the League of Nations in the year 1933, he did not believe the League would come after him because of their previous actions with Japan. That is why he left them and began to arm his country heavily with weapons and other things; in the meanwhile he was forming deals with many different nations for various things. The power of the League took another hit when Mussolini was able to...
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...Britain, France and Soviet Union were great imperial powers, who all faced by the recurrent problems, nationalist movements among their people.1 World War One affected the political, economic, and social systems of Europe.2 The Treaty of Versailles had a very important influence on the Second World War, it was harsh, and economically impossible. In addition, it would be enough to upset the Germans, but not enough to restrain them powerless.3 There was another instability in Europe, the conflict within the eastern Europe; all of eastern Europe’s territories were changed, thus left many nations without a state of its own.4 There was continuity in German policy between the periods 1914 to 1941. World War Two, was a continuation of the past 30 years war. Bell talked about the Thirty Years War thesis, the stable Europe of 1914, had an equal balance of power, but it did not prevent Germany’s dynamism and expansionism. It took four years of war, and with the help of powerful USA to defeat Germany. If Germany still had the same ideas, but was faced a weak Europe with no balance of power and without the interference of the USA, another world would be certainty.5 However, this is confronted by another equally powerful thesis, it was the effect of the war and instable peace settlement and the consequences of the great depression that made a war inevitable.6 Ideology was very important and powerful. Fascism, Nazism and communism provided an alternative to democracy. However, because...
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