History of the world

more vital to human history and existence than most people think. Mark Kurlansky, author of Salt: A World History tells the story of human suffering, greed, enterprise and conquest in a surprising way: by telling the story of salt. As Kurlansky says in his introduction, “Salt is so common, so easy to obtain, and so inexpensive that we have forgotten that from the beginning of civilization until about 100 years ago, salt was one of the most sought after commodities in human history” To…

30th 2015 at Madisonville North Hopkins High School in Hopkins County. I was given the opportunity to observe Mr. Faulk’s 11th grade World History class. Mr. Faulk’s World History class was both fascinating and informative because it is the grade level and the subject in which I plan to teach. Mr. Faulk’s décor in his classroom was typical of a high school World History classroom. There was a large amount of student drawings hanging around the room that coincided with the section that was being…

courses, which is why I decided to enroll in AP World History when I was scheduling…

GKE1: Task 2 Themes in U.S. $ World History Part A. Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian nationalist leader who spent a lifetime fighting discrimination against Indians and advocating for their independence. He was known for his peaceful protest, and his tireless struggles to alleviate poverty and to end caste discrimination. Gandhi accomplished great social and political changes in India in his quest for independence from British rule which came to fruition on August 15, 1947 and one significant…

Gender equality is an issue well known by the global population. The problem dates way back throughout history to the ancient civilizations and even before that. Women were given less rights and had a lower social standing in society. In the book Gender in World History, the author, Peter N. Stearns writes about the inequalities between the two sexes as well as their individual roles and positions in different societies. Some examples in his book are “In patriarchal societies, men were held to…

The Ottomans were an Empire that lasted from around 1300 C.E. until about 1919 making it one of the longest lasting and richest empires in world history. The Ottomans managed to blend their pastoral nomadic roots with some very un-nomadic empire buildings and some really impressive architecture making them very different than other empires. The empire, or at least the dynasty, was founded by Osman Bey. The term “osman” is a Latin for “House of Osman”. The Ottoman were the greatest in the…

high strung group of kids and more often than not my teacher would walk into class with us in tow crying our eyes out for what ever reason. Whether we were stressed out or just having a bad day we never failed to cry at least once a week in AP World History class. Because of this my wonderful teacher came up with a solution. He proposed that since we were a bunch of cry babies who could barely make it through a quiz before the water works started up that everyday at the end of class we would…

The Mongolian Empire between 1200-1400 C.E was growing and expanding rapidly across Eurasia. Their actions at the time were viewed as brutal and barbaric. As of late, this view is being debated, we see in documents 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 that they were extremely organized, were part of peaceful religions, and aided in the development and success of social structures, economy, and even new technologies and innovations in civilizations. However, in documents 2, 3, 4, and 5 we see evidence of…

Although religion was certainly a factor in early expeditions to the new world, it did not see a drastic rise in attention until much later. The Mayflower first brought Europeans in 1620 to settle what would later be the thirteen colonies. Although religious freedom was not their sole objective, one could argue it was a major factor in early colonization. The earliest data represented in document two shows a small quantity of churches within the thirteen colonies around the year 1740; by 1776…

Steven Feierman’s account of “African Histories and the Dissolution of World History, has proven that history is unable to be written as a narrative due to many accounts of the same event being excluded when written. “Indian Givers” by Jack Weatherford and “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” by Tom Standage, is able to show how the experiences that have been felt by many during different periods of innovation and development were not included, therefore not providing an accurate depiction of a…