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CHAPTER 10 - The Worlds of Christendom

Christianity was huge throughout the course of History. All around the world there were different versions and somewhat "worlds" of Christendom. Because of this, differing nations would come to have different interpretations of the Religion. This was based on people's experiences, the place in which they lived, and the socio economic class that they were in. This lead to mass conflict and disagreements between societies and civilizations. These issues throughout history have somewhat never been fully resolved and are still prominent in societies around the world in contemporary society today. Rome is a significant marking of the Christian Culture with some of the biggest foundings and advancements happening there. In early Rome there was no central government and because of this rendered itself open to invasion from rivalling civilizations. Rome expanded Christianity and founded some of the most iconic concepts in the Religion today, such as the Pope and the Churches ...
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CHAPTER 12 BLOG - Summary

This chapter concerns civilizations in the Paleolithic era. Australia, The Americas, and North Africa had bustling civilizations but remained behind other civilizations in terms of domestic revolution and advancement. Australia for example remained gatherer hunters until the 18th century. The Americas and North Africa had many smaller civilizations within that were more advanced with things like agriculture and building. At this time Islam was growing and the population of Muslims rose rapidly. During this time China was still recuperating and strengthening itself economically after the fall and dminish of the Mongol empire. It is recognized that China had and still does have the power to become a powerhouse on the world stage. In this era China were threatening because of their extremely large and advanced military. Although the Europeans ruled the ocean and the majority of maritime activities, China were still dominant. 
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CHAPTER 11 BLOG - Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage

The underlying theme of this chapter is the evolvement and revolution of the domestication of certain civilizations. It is noted that 4000 BCE was around the stage when "Pastoral economies" were developed and proven to be effective. The notable advancements would be the movements of people from frm lands to bigger urban cities in pursuit of careers such as merchant banking and trading. An interesting civilization in this era was particularly the Mongols. The Mongols had many interesting cultural concepts that were vastly different from others. Some of these concepts are: The Mongol were not heavy on violence and were much  more people orientated. The Mongol empire came to acquire the largest land based empire of any civilization in history.  Mongol Women were equal to men in regards to work and the actions in which they could commit. 
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CHAPTER 9 BLOG - The Worlds of Islam

In this chapter Muhammad is emphasized greatly as influential leader and person for the people, and most profoundly as the receiver of Quran. He embodied the five pillars of Islam and was the messenger between the Islamic God Allah and the Muslim people of the land.  Muhammad had the idea of a perfect community and tried to empower his people around him to reach his goal. His goal of a perfect community was one of equality amongst all, and banishing ideas of tribal, ethnic, and racial identities. Muhammad was iconic because this was made possible by connecting the people by commons beliefs as opposed to territory, language, or tribe like many other civilizations were doing at the time
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CHAPTER 8 BLOG - China & The World

I think that the topic that is most prevalent in this chapter is that of Social Hierarchies in China. The main them of the chapter was that of who was better at providing certain services or being the better leader, and the other side was that of who had more money and power. It is interesting to think that these logics was what influenced society and in which leaders they appointed for many years, and subsequently paved the way for civilization as we are used to it today. The social classes are also very distinct and therefore interesting, how there can be such a contrast between the richest rich and the poorest poor and yet living harmoniously to me is an amazing aspect of the cultural back then. 
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CHAPTER 7 BLOG - Commerce & Culture

In this chapter trade and the exchanging of goods, commerce and culture of money was the most common theme, the trading of goods in this mainly focuses on the 3 main routes that travel across the mediterranean sea. These are called the Silk Road Sea, the Red Sea, and The Indian Ocean.  Because of the extremely different climates and environments of these geographical locations on earth it was recognized that needs for other resources were needed, and instead of migrating civilizations could evolve and gather what they need in order to exchange something of value for something of value with another society.  The silk road was what connected CHina and India, this brought upon the exchanges of Buddhism and Hindu practices.  This is evident that trading brought around more than just the exchanging of goods and services, it allowed interactions with different cultures and thus the sharing of ideas, religion, philosophies,...
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CHAPTER 6 BLOG - Commonalities & Variations

This chapter was mainly concerning analyzing the new civilizations planet as a whole. This was the time were the agricultural revolution was happening and was the driving force creating both civilized and complex societies. Of course there were different socio economic classes and some groups were very different to others, some more progressive and civilized than others, some far wealthier than the poor. By this time most cultures had developed writing and speaking mechanisms, each specific to their specific region, land, and religion. There were record numbers of migration around the world at this time (Not including the US) The importance and somewhat fear of Religion in some senses, was reciprocated worldwide. Many societies and cultures had varying levels of commitment to the Religion, each having differnt beliefs, practices and even gods. (Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha etc.)
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