History of the world

History is often seen as memorizing dates of battles and names of people who are long dead. However, I view history as the story of how modern society came to be instead. I took multiple history courses throughout high school, but my favorite class was AP World History. Rather than being isolated in one particular location, I studied how multiple cultures interacted and how they influenced each other. The course introduced me to regions, such as the Middle East, that I previously never even…

going to be the history of sex. As the class progressed, I learn about how Gender, Sexuality, and Desire are involved in the many topics we went over in class. This class changes how I see Gender, Sexuality, and Desire and how to look at thing from a different angle. When we learn about the historical account of patriarchy in marriage and as the primary source of Mathew Kuefler book The History of Sexuality Sourcebook to help understand how a patriarchal family is like around the world. Because…

: World War I was a global war centered in Europe that began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. This was one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Although it is hard to estimate the exact number of casualties but based on various statistics the casualties ranges from 9 million to 15 million.5 In this war at least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing and presumed dead. About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle and the rest succumbed to death due to…

In the text “Agriculture in World History”, Mark B. Tauger discusses his idea of dual subordination. Tauger states that “Farmers supported civilization by producing crops and livestock, work which placed farmers in continual interaction with the natural environment”. (Tauger 1) The concept of dual subordination is the relationship between nature and farmers, where the natural world and agriculture can only function by subordinating nature. This is an interesting concept to grasp because the…

said, 'Great men write about history, greater men make history". This is statement has been prove time and time again throughout world history. Men like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made when he lead the Civil Rights Movement and helped African American secure their God given rights to be treated as equals. Mother Teresa is another great example of a person impacting history when she helped thousand who were on hard times. Another individual who left his mark on history are Martin Luther of…

In E. H. Gombrich’s bestseller A Little History of the World, he initially describes that, “Behind every ‘Once Upon a Time’ there is always another” (Page 1). He is trying to say that stories told from elders and past generations live on, and they are a continuous cycle that we will never get to the bottom of. Gombrich also includes that asking questions about these ‘Once Upon a Time’ stories shows interest in history. He states, “from now on we’ll always shout: ‘Stop! When did this happen?’ And…

World War 1 is a very prominent war in our history. Many countries fought in this war and many people didn’t finish it. Many different things impacted on the people not fighting in the war and the people fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military…

honestly because all of them are harder than all my previously years of school from Ms. Aurelian’s World History class to Math Two. In math two class it took me a while to get back into the understanding of it because I hadn’t did math in a good while so I had forgotten things but towards the middle and end of the first nine weeks I started to get my groove back and perform better in class. My World History class it is just a lot of note taking and comprehension and a lot of studying and test…

The trading relationship between the ancient Egyptians and Nubians are the best example of this. According to Traditions Encounters a Brief Global History the Third Edition (Jerry H. Bently, Herbert F. Ziegler, Heather E. Streets-Salter) “In both Egypt and Nubia, specialized labor and efficient means of transportation encouraged the development of long-distance trade” the development of trade also goes…

in American history -The Great Depression and World War 1.The Great Depression began in 1929 and ended in 1939. The Great Depression had a major impact on the United States economy due to banks defaulting and a decrease in american jobs .The second major event in American history, World War 1, began in 1914 and ended in 1918. One of the positive impacts of World War 1 , was the women to work movement. After WW1, more women gained full-time employment in Great Britain. World War 1 was…