Snapshot of World History

Early Human Societies pt 3

9500 BCE

one main hunter-gatherer society that still exists is the copper Inuit group. one of the main reasons why they still are hunters and gatherers is because where they live is way too cold (Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region and the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region) and they cant plant anything or really do anything with agriculture so they mainly hunt seals and fish. this isint in the article but im assuming that they dont move because of the history there.

Early Human Societies

9500 BCE

i would describe the type of changes in early hunter-gatherer societies as gradual and gentle. I think this because of the video in unit one "Origins of agriculture" says over a 10000 year time period from the last ice age we went from 10 million people to 250 million people. another example is how in the same video he talks about how that they might've had to wait for the climate to change till they could do agriculture

Early Human Societies pt 2

9500 BCE

A big turning point form this period is when hunters and gatherers started to control food sources by planting crops or have cattle instead of hunting animals and gathering plants and since this is a more controlled way of having food the population went up. Another turning point is when people started to build for long term instead of short term because they weren't on the move all the time this also helped the population grow.

historical perspective

1754 BCE

I think Hammurabi has the perspective has the loudest voice because he refers to himself as the chosen one and the one to bring peace. Some factors that shaped this perspective are him being the chosen one and everyone else being religious so any law that he made they would follow without questioning it because he has spoken to the gods. One good example of presentism is thinking that the code is fair and reasonable like how are law is today

historical perspective part 2

1754 BCE

I agree with the author that Hammurabi is one of the greatest kings of Mesopotamia and that and that he tried to improve the lives of the people. the evidence he provides is the Hammurabi code. it also didn't make me rethink my answer to question b

historical perspective part 3

1754 BCE

the reference I chose that shares the same principle as Hammurabi's code is the American death penalty. the American death penalty shares the same principles because just like in Hammurabi's code where its eye for an eye in some states in America if you kill someone its basically like an eye for an eye and you get executed

historical perspective part 4

1754 BCE

source “Early History of the Death Penalty.” Death Penalty Information Center. Accessed October 25, 2019. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty.

death of death of Darius the great

487 BCE

The empire I chose is the Achaemenid empire. The decline of my civilization happened because of poor leadership. The clear moment in history in my opinion that marks the downfall of the Achaemenid Empire is when Darius dies and his son Xerxes became the leader. My factors are lack of good leadership, too much war, and economic and social reasons.

death of death of Darius the great pt 2

486 BCE

Xerxes had some leadership skills before inheriting his throne and he was able to crush uprisings in Egypt and Babylon but it all went downhill when his attention turned to Greece where he was ultimately defeated and barley had a military by the time they got back.

death of death of Darius the great pt 4

485 BCE

I think none of the consequences were intended I can tell because it's not like Xerxes wanted the empire to decline he truly thought that he would win his wars and he probably increased taxes for what he thought was a good reason same goes for every leader after him

death of death of Darius the great pt 3

485 BCE

(social and economic factors) The social structure started to break down once there was no longer a powerful ruler. The people below the upper class started organizing uprisings and other actions of revolt against the rulers.
The main reason this all happened is that Persian taxes became heavier and more oppressive, which led to economic depression and revolts, which in turn led to a snowflake type effect where everything kept getting worse and worse

significance of Leonardo da vinci pt 2

1500

inventions: when it comes to Leonardo da Vincis inventions he was ahead of his time from making an "Aerial Screw" that looks like a helicopter he even has a drawing that looks like a tank and those weren't used until 1914 during the first world war other inventions are "Self-Propelled Cart" "Diving Suit" and another more famous oje the Ornithopter. Leonardos inventions were way ahead of his time and he had a brilliant mind i wonder how he wouldve been in are time with are technology

significance of Leonardo da vinci pt 3

1500

smarts/brillance: Leonardo da vinci is an icon and he did a lot throughout his life from painting to making inventions. Leonardo da vinci had a good understanding of aerodynamics and was the first (im pretty sure i did research) person to make real studies of flying and made designs of possible flying machines and this is all before electricity and before that its been proven that the machine wouldnt work well it would only work for like 20 yards but its still crazy that he thought of it.

significance of Leonardo da vinci pt 4

1500

Does this event, person, development represent a turning point for the civilization? I don't think Leonardo represents a turning point in his era but i do think leonardo is the most important person for his civilization becauise he was such a great thinker and he was brilliant he had so many wonderful ideas and inventions that really pushed the edge for his time

significance of Leonardo da vinci pt 5

1500

Independent Inquiry: Leonardo da Vinci connects to are current time because he helped us understand the human body has also thought about flight 400 years earlier before anyone else he even created a parachute and we use those still till this day. Maybe if Leonardo was alive during are time he could help fix the issues with the grounded Boeing planes or create a new efficient plane

significance of Leonardo da vinci pt 1

1500

what makes leonardo da vinci significant in my opinion is his impact, inventions, and smarts/brilliance. Leonardo da vinci impact: he mainly worked in the arts and sciences and had inventions that were crazy for the time (will talk more about that later) and his art was beautiful. Leonardo da vinci still gets his work studied every day and is considered one of the greatest thinkers of his time if not the greatest. Leonardo da vinci still inspires people till this day