World History Essay

How Port Chicago Changed the World By: Abigail Port Chicago Information Port Chicago is a Navy Port in California where ammunition was loaded and shipped primarily by African Americans out to the soldiers fighting in World War II (Sheinkin). Untrained African American soldiers had to load the ammunition while white soldiers commanded them. Some of this ammunition included small caliber bullets, incendiary bombs, fragmentation bombs, depth charges, and bombs up to 2,000 pounds(Browne). The…

Revolution is very important in world history. The start of the revolution started in 1787 and continued to develop into the late 1800’s. Although many people believe that the idea of the industrial revolution is very simple, it is quite complex. The industrial revolution is something that caused urbanization, differences in production, and even labor markets and conditions along with aiding the British Empire to rise to even further heights than all other places of the world. Although China…

“This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity” by David Christian is a shortened version of world history. By the terms “world history,” it is meant to be complex and harder to completely know the true value of the past (e.g. transregional, religions, afro-eurasian continents, homo sapiens). There are many things we can’t…

Pre-Reading: 1. My definition of world history is all events that have happened in the past that have affected today’s culture in one way or another. 2. I am interested in learning about the different cultures from history, but I am not looking forward to learning dates and time periods. 3. -8000 BCE to 600 CE: The Phoenician community came about, Jesus was born and lead, Sumerians lived, Egypt was thriving, China was secluded -600 to 1450 CE: more trading by water, new religions became popular…

In his book Gender in World History, Peter N Stearns articulates how patriarchy was established, how cultural contacts changed it, how that system impacted women then and what that means for women today. This is shown by Western Europe’s gender roles and religion as well as their impacts on Native Americans and the Middle East. In Western Europe, patriarchy is already established because of Christianity and Catholicism. Thus when they went to places like America and the Middle East they brought…

The Silk Road’s ancient trade routes allowed for cultural and material trade throughout the Mediterranean to East Asia. Xinru Liu’s The Silk Road in World History exemplifies the complex exchange of commodities and ideas between different nations and peoples. Starting with the Chinese looking west and ending with the Mongol conquest. Liu’s focus gives the reader examples of specific historic events that were only able to take place because of this intricate trade network. This paper will examine…

Document Based Question 1 The colonization of North America was a major turning point in the history of the world, and one that will never be forgotten. Many Europeans sailed to the New World to establish new settlements in the Americas, in order for economic gain for themselves as well as their home nations. Although some will argue that the colonization of North America during the 17th century was based on religion, it was truly facilitated by greed and a desire for riches. The major reason…

Ashley Rivera Honors World History October 4, 2017 Period 6 Was the French Revolution Successful? The French Revolution took place in the late 18th century and was caused by unfair taxes and no political representation towards the third estate which was made up of peasants, workers and commoners. Although immediate effects of the revolution were the beheading of Louis XVI and the Reign of Terror, in the end the revolution proved to not be as successful as it seem. The French Revolution was not…

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a prosperous and contentious time frame for not only Europe but the world as a whole. European countries constantly competed for dominance of colonies in Asia as well as Africa to become the top Empire of the world. The new found spirit of nationalism or sense of pride in your country ran rampant in Europe as bitter animosity grew between each European country. However, even though the European powers were ecstatic about their dominance…

The expansion of trade in the post classical era did conflict with dominant religious and philosophical systems. Problems between states and empires emerged cultural and technological transfers. An example is the Mongol empires in the Crusades, which held the struggle between Tang China and the Abbasids. Spread of Ideas, new information, along with beliefs while exchanging goods created the relationship between trade and culture. Trade during the postclassical period dramatically impacted…