1.) The Great Dying was a dramatic event in the Americas where many native people succumbed to death due the European migration. Examples and details from historical records are show in artwork from an Aztec Artist on page 561. The picture shows disease and death among Aztecs. In page 559 we read, “Central Mexico, with a population estimated at some 10 to 20 million before the Spanish conquest, declined to about 1 million by 1650.”
Although the Spanish were looking for new sources of wealth and invaded the Americas, their actions could not be considered genocide. They were greedy but they did not intend to cause disease and kill off the native people. The killing of large amounts of people was an unanticipated consequence.
2) The Native Siberians and Native Americans have several things in common in terms of their experiences with Europeans during the early Modern period. The Russians invaded the Siberians just as the Spanish invaded the Native people of Mesoamerica. They also took their land and abused their people particularly their women. Both groups suffered many deaths due to the invasions.
3) The history and impact of the Indian Ocean trade network from the Classical to Modern periods was very interesting because it began by mirroring the Silk Road trade system where good were transported and traded from one country to another. The Indian Ocean trade had existed for years but it reached its peak at about 1000 C.E. when Venice became one of the major trading posts. Venice traded between the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic Coast. As time went on they learned how to navigate the waters during Summer and Winter months.
4) What’s most surprising about the pie chart titled “The Destinations of Slaves” is that the percentages of slaves who disembarked in different parts of the Americas is very low compared to other parts of the world. The factors that explain why the percentages were this way are the need for large scale manual labor demands of the plantation economies in the Caribbean and Brazil and due to the large scale sugar cane production for the old world. The reason the number of slaves were so low in the Americas is because slaves were needed to live on the property of land owners to help with their local production of goods on a smaller scale where as in the Caribbean and Brazil mass production was required.
5) When Strayer writes about the “echoes of Atlantic Revolutions” he’s referring to the Haitian revolution again the French. The 1700 proved to be the century of the revolutions. An example from the historical record includes the North American Revolution between 1775 – 1787 when the United States of America gained independence from England on page 701 similar to how the Haitian’s gain independence from France in as written on page 697. The
Atlantic Revolutions are still echoing in the 21stCentury this time do to the disparity between the rich and the poor. Bernie Sanders brought this to light in recent times. The other pressing revolution in the 21stCentury is the crime and equality against minority races in this country.
6) Feminists and abolitionists had in common the need for equality. They both wanted people to be treated fairly and just. Abolitionist wanted to end slavery and Feminist wanted equal education and rights for both women and slaves. They work together on issues in order to have a bigger voice and to be better herd. Feminist effectively challenged male dominance.
8) The Industrial Revolution was an economical revolution sparked by the colonial empires in the Americas as well as the changing global connections of trade and power. Greater information, as well as other goods could be traded in order to enhance the live of others. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe where all the machinery and housing was built out and ready served. It began with better navigation across the Atlantic Ocean and communication with the world. The long-term significance of the Industrial Revolution to people, cities and the planet are still felt today. People live more convenient lives because of modernization. Cities are bigger in scale and can fit many more people than they could originally. These people are able to work and produce goods and serves that help the country overall. The bad consequence to the Industrial Revolution is that we have seen our planet degraded over in this same time period. Our planet has become warmers, the air has become filled with more carbon and Ozone layer in the atmosphere has begun to disappear. This can all be traced back to the Industrial Revolution’s time period.
9) Strayer chose to include those power and specific images to demonstrate how the European depicted other races as inferior to them selves. European saw others races and less developed than they. They illustrate unequal concepts because their perception was that of a superior, smarter, and more accomplished people. The pictures used in the chapter were a simple unfounded conclusion they had developed about others because of their way of thinking.
In general my thoughts about the European Racial Images on page 791 speaks to the ingnorance and arrogance of European people. It also speaks to their greed and how they saw them selves to be better than people of a different race. Europeans had originally distinguished themselves from other religions but with the introduction of new races they quickly turned to comparing themselves as superiors power to other races.
Ref: European Racial Images (p.791)
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