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15,000 BCE
Caves of Lascaux Part 1
The caves of Lascaux is a very complex cave system that is popular for its cave paintings that were painted about 20,000 years ago. The caves are located in southwestern France. The paintings mainly represent pictures of large animals native to the area, from that time. -
15,000 BCE
Caves of Lascaux Part 2
The caves of Lascaux impacted society by providing history of the area, its past people, and their actions. Although there is no proven answer as to why they were drawn, there are many theories. One of the more famous theories was put forth by Henri Breuil. The theory suggests that the people were able to overpower their prey by drawing them while having a hunting ritual. Archaeologists believe that the cave was used for a long period of time as a center for hunting and religious activity. -
4000 BCE
Ancient Greece Part 1
People often see Greece as the first powerful empire in Europe. Back then there was so much to see, many beautiful mountains and islands that’s why there were lots of people there. In 3000BCE Athens started what we now call a democracy. Another popular empire was Sparta, they are popular for having very good war strategies. -
4000 BCE
Ancient Greece Part 2
Ancient Greece impact our world today in many ways. The most noticeable is the Athens. They established what is recognized as the first democracy which many people use today. A democracy means that everyone involved in that country or empire gets to vote on how to solve problems. However typically, true democracy doesn’t exist. -
1346
Black Death Part 1
The Black Death was an epidemic of the bubonic plague. This certain disease was thought to be carried by black rats, also known as ship rats. This plague lasted until 1353 and by that time killed nearly 60 percent of Europe’s population. -
1346
Black Death Part 2
Typically most people look at the Black Death as the most horrendous plague to ever occur, and while this is true there were some benefits. Most of Europe, especially Greece ran on what is called feudalism which means that most of the citizens were slaves for the higher class citizens, but when the plague ended there were a lot less of those people so since the people still needed workers, the slaves could now charge for their labor. This ended feudalism. -
1400
Renaissance Part 1
The renaissance period is what is known to be the period between the Middle Ages and modern time. From 1400-1600. Renaissance means rebirth which is directed toward the cultural rebirth of humanity during this time. -
1400
Renaissance Part 2
Most of the famous historically known artist all came from the renaissance period. These people are still very well known today because of their paintings, sculptures, or other forms of art that still exist today. The renaissance was also the transition from the Middle Ages which are known as pretty dark times and without the renaissance we could still be in those dark times. -
The Industrial Revolution Part 1
At about this time until the 1840s, people began to change how things were manufactured. This included creating assembly lines. Europe started the Industrial revolution than spread to most of the world. More things were invented to make everyone’s life a little easier. -
The Industrial Revolution Part 2
Some of the things made in the Industrial revolution are still widely used today. In the early 1800s we saw are first example of a factory which is obviously used by almost every manufacturer. Also, the products that came as a result of this revolution are things that are now very essential to modern times like the steam boat which is still used for transporting goods. -
The French Revolution Part 1
The French Revolution was basically the citizens recreating their country. They didn’t like the way things were run because thought it was unfair and that it hurt more people than it helped. They got rid of feudalism and monarchy, started to get better education and tore down a lot of buildings and restructured their landscaping. Mostly lead by Napoleon Bonaparte. -
The French Revolution Part 2
This revolution didn’t only impact France. Though it was held in France, the idea of the conquest was to get rid of feudalism and monarchy which they did very well. Since France was a popular country a lot of Europe looked up to them and took to their idea. Countries run by a monarchy were now very rare and Europe didn’t like the countries that were still run by monarchy. -
Holocaust Part 1
The Holocaust is arguably the biggest mass murdering of people in the history of the world. Over 6 million Jewish citizens in Europe were either killed or tortured, just for being different. This event was lead by Adolf Hitler. The killings continued until 1945. -
Holocaust Part 2
It is clear to see why a lot of people wouldn’t be happy with Germany at this point. This fact worsened when Hitler decided to lead an unprovoked attack on Poland. This pushed everyone over the limits and that was the cause of World War 2. This event also caused the Jewish population to be almost completely eliminated. People in Europe no longer thought it was safe to share their religious beliefs. However the Jewish people event the only people killed, many other innocent people died. -
WWII Part 2
The not so random uprising of ww2 lead to a lot of new technologies being invented for people’s protection. Almost every country started developing new weapons including nuclear weapons which was how the war ended. New policies were were made to try and prevent another world war from breaking out. Europe was still trying to recover from the First World War which only happened 30 year from this one. This war also lead to the isolation of Germany for a while, which meant they couldn’t trade -
WWII Part 1
WWII was the Second World War which included the countries Germany, Italy Japan, with the Axis Powers. and the Allies had Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. More than 50 million people died in this war. The war was mostly caused by Germany leading an unprovoked attack on Poland.
