#10

Before the creation of Islam Arabia's population consisted of many tries of Bedouin nomads. Many of the tribes were rivals of each other which caused many bloody battles. Each of these tribes had different gods that they worshiped. Each tribe put their idols in the Kaaba in Mecca. Mecca was considered neutral turf and violence was banned. When Mohamed started Islam he started to gain followers from assorted tribes, but the rich and powerful did not like what Mohamed was teaching so they banded together a bunch of tribes to destroy Mohamed and his followers. Although outnumbered over 3:1 Mohamed and his followers won the battle of medina. This was a decisive victory for Mohamed other tribes realized that the gods must be on Mohamed's side so they joined him and converted to Islam.

blog #9

Throughout history Hinduism has played a prominent role in the Indian belief in non-violence. One of the most famous Indians that used the non-violent approach was Mahatma Gandhi. He first used this approach when he fought the original apartheid in South Africa. He successfully ended the segregation of Indians in the British Empire while he lived in Johannesburg. About thirty years later he used non-violence again to gain India’s independents from the British “raj”. Since its start Hinduism has believed in non-violence. There are many stories in the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu books, of heroes that refused to fight. Thanks to Hinduism we have saved many lives by using the non-violent approach.

blog #8

Migrating people can have a positive impact on the people receiving them. They can bring new ideas and ideals, new religion and philosophy and new trade items. One great example of migrating people having a positive impact on the society was the Abbasid Empire of Arabia. The Abbasid's spread throughout northern Africa and Spain. They brought a new religion, Islam. They also brought math and astronomy to the conquered areas. They helped the regions flourish and grow to become the centers of learning and intellect in the middle ages.

#6

my vision of an ideal republic is were everyone has a job to help the community at large. You could choose any profession you wanted and do that for the entire community. For instance, if you wanted to be a architect you could design the building of the entire city. also, there would have to be a strong central government that wasn't to strict and listened to the people. this would be ideal because it would help level crime rates and everyone will be helping everyone so they will all be able to live in harmony.

blog #4

New ideas in politics and philosophy tend to emerge in times of social, political, and/or economic stress. How can this be explained?


politics and philosophy's emerge in times of crisis because apparently the current philosophy is not working. so this means it is time for a large scale change. this can be explained by any government or empire. it is the basic dynastic cycle, were if one policy is not working throw it out and get a new one. all governments and empires go through this at some point and in some cases it leads to the downfall of the kingdom.

blog #3

Population growth was the most significant development of the Classical Period. True or False?

Population growth was the most significant development of the classical period. From the years 1000 BCE to 1 CE the population of the world jumped from 120 million people to 250 million. What caused this surge? farming, people realized that they could grow crops near them rather then having to go many miles to collect the grain. then people discovered iron, it could be formed into weapons. then they made it into plows and attached a horse of ox a plow could do twice the work of humans.these thing led to the development of bigger citys such as rome and alexandria on the medditeranian and changan in china. having bigger citys like rome (pop. 1 mil) led to collective learning, such as arts and philosophy.

blog#2

Before studying the particular civilizations of the Classical Period, but after reading the introduction to this time period, what do you believe was the biggest change that occurred during this time period?

I think that the development of trade and trade routs was the biggest change that occurred during the classical period. the formation of the silk road led to the spread of culture, language and trade goods. before this time people were limited to what resources were immediately accessible. the new trade routs enabled people to move further away from the rivers and start new cities elsewhere. by being less dependent on producing necessities the people had time to learn specialty jobs, like smithing or writing. having the time to do these jobs enabled society to become more advanced.