Why Columbus should replace slavery in epoch 3

An artifact I thought should replace the scrap of cloth in epoch three is a whip to represent when columbus came to the Americas. The whip would represent the genocide that columbus committed against the inhabitants of the Americas and how he usually sold the people he met into slavery. This should replace the scrap of cloth because the whip represents a broader topic then just a scrap which just represents a slave's clothing. A whip represents the torment and torture against the population of the Americas not just what they had warn.   

How Katrina Affected Society

Katrina affected society in mostly negative ways. Especially New Orleans. In the days before the hurricane struck several warnings from different organizations and people which caused people to be frightened. Also Katrina had already killed six people in Florida which made people fear for their very lives. This soon turned to most of New Orleans population to flee the state, leaving homes and properties vulnerable to the elements. A little less than of a day before the hurricane struck the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of the state of Louisiana had issued a mandatory evacuation of the area. This had never happened in the history of the state of Louisiana. Soon a second exodus left Katrina just in time before the hurricane struck. Yet after the advised evacuation by the president and the mandatory evacuation issued by the mayor and governor people still stayed in their homes to ride out the category five hurricane. It seems insane that they would ride out a natural disaster of this magnitude. Was it because they had to stay in New Orleans and take care of their property or did they just not want to make the trip leaving the city? I am a little confused on this issue and why people would risk their lives for something as minor as property damage.

How World War 1 affected society

World War One affected society drastically both in terrible ways and in it actually helped in other ways. For example WW1 actually helped established world powers like America and helped them progress into the powerful countries they are today.
The war was mainly caused by the growing world and conflicts over territories in Africa. When the war started countries competed over who get the most advanced weapons. America benefited from this arms race because they used there new factories to make weapons for both sides of the war. Soon Americas economy was booming all because of World War One and the arms race.
Not all countries benefited from the war. Most actually suffered heavy casualties because of the new weapons like gas and machine guns. Soldiers mostly died because the outdated fighting strategies conflicted with the cutting edge weapons which resulted in a massacre for both sides. So mostly countries lost whole generations of young men to the war leaving a lot less workers to work at factories which set back certain countries economies.
The country who took the worse blow from WW1 was probably Germany. They were the losers of the war and were blamed for starting it so they had to pay for the war.  The crippling debt destroyed the German's economy leaving them angry and full of resentment. This was the perfect opportunity for a revenge seeking dictator like hitler to gain power. Soon this would lead to world war two which occurs later in epoch four.
WW1 affected society from giving certain places a booming economy and in other places, crippling theirs. But over all every place and every country suffered from the same thing.  Millions of young men from all over the world giving their lives for in some ways a useless and fruitless war

Epoch Two Artifacts

For epoch two's time capsule our group wanted to choose artifacts that represented the silk road, enlightenment, democracy founded by the Greeks and the printing press. All of these things and ideas a significant impact on society in epoch two. The artifact our group chose to represent the silk road are spices. Spices stand for the silk road because they were traded from places like India to European countries. The silk road also connected places and countries that had never before seen outsiders too which made the world just a little more globalized.
Our group's second artifact is a light bulb to stand for enlightenment. When people found out that government is not invincible they were enlightened. They realized they could rebel and the government did not have some divine power on it's side. With this knowledge society began to rebel and form new governments which would change the world for forever.
For our groups tertiary artifact we made an election poster representing democracy which was founded by the Greeks. With out democracy the world would probably be the opposite of what it is now. The election poster shows how everyone (All adult males though) had a say in everything and had an opinion.
A newspaper is our final artifact for epoch two. It represents one of the most important inventions in the world. It aloud exact copies to be made of pieces of literature and later in history art. This way more people could educate themselves which meant there were more people in the world who were able to help innovate society.

How was society affected by 9/11?

9/11 affected society in many ways. Mostly in fear and paranoia. For example the anthrax scare. There was never an anthrax attack and no substantial evidence there was going to be one but still when people experienced 9/11 society asked its self: Why not an anthrax attack? Although the events of September Eleventh frightened people beyond belief they also led to some outstanding examples of working together for a common goal. I find it amazing that the world leaders recognized the threat of Al Qaeda posed and lead a swift attack on the Taliban which was accused of hosting Al Qaeda. But after that there was another case of paranoia in society. America invaded Iraq accusing them of developing nuclear weapons yet found them but still occupied Iraq for several more years. 9/11 had produced an enemy without boundaries and who had access to cutting edge technology from the fifth epoche and society reacted with panic and with the determination to find it's enemy and neutralize them.

Epoch Three

Epoch Three was rightfully named the epic of interactions. These interactions had an affect on many different cultures. Mostly because a lot of these cultures had usually never made contact with the outside world. When these different cultures met, for example when the Spaniards found the Americas instead of just gracefully meeting the culture they brought disease with them and decided to kill the natives as well just so they could use the land for resources. Another example is when Europeans landed in Africa and kidnapped the natives there and turned them into slaves. This theme of meeting and killing new people and shutting up new ideas is a prominent theme in epochs two and three. In epoch two Christians from Europe started the crusades against Muslims who's new religion Islam was a new idea to the world. After seeing two huge similar incidents occur in two completely different times and places I wonder if it is a part of human nature to react negatively to new things or new ideas. Even today I see it. For example Christians react to the the theory of evolution by denying it and saying who ever thinks that is true is going to Hell.

In Epoch Two I noticed that there were far more advancements then Epoch One. I also noticed that society was downgraded as well. Specifically in Europe in the middle ages. I wonder why this happened? Was is because of the lack of government? Also why did Europe experience great downturns in technology? What stopped the small kingdoms from advancing further with technology?
Epoch Two did not just have a lot of technological advancements but also a fairly large amount of religious advancements as well. This epoch gave birth to two of the most influential religions in the world. Buddhism and Islam. What I thought was interesting was both new religions were received in a negative way.  Buddhism had it's teachings affect minimized by east Asian Governments as soon as it gained attention and Islam was attacked by the crusaders trying to regain there holy land. This sheds some light on issues even facing us today on how personal biases can lead to conflict.

Epoche 1 Reading

I find it fitting that Epoche 1 is called the "Epoche of Origins". The title makes sense because basic forms of society were founded in that time period. I was especially interested in Hammurabi's code. It was one of  the first real publications of law. I also found it interesting was that it was made because of the increased population. Increased population means that there are more people and less land so people would argue over who's land was who's, which then meant a need for a form of government. This could mean that every large society does need a certain form of government to thrive.
          When I was reading about the dynasties in China I noticed the text said these governments or dynasties arose fairly quickly. This confused me a little bit. I wondered how and why these forms of governments came to be quicker than other forms of governments. My hypothesis is that these governments had a connection between church and state. If people found out that these rulers claimed to have a direct connection with heaven (Like the Shang dynasty) they would want to follow who ever carried the word of God. This could be both good or bad. It could be good because everyone would be united together with the same ruler and if the ruler was a good person he would try to make the country better. This could be bad too because if the leader was greedy he could rig the country for his own profet and not help rule the country.

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