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.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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.
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.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
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.
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.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
#1 reflection on yali's Q
I think that Europe rather then Africa or any other civilization tried to colonize the world because the Europeans had a very closed mindset. The people in the other 6 continents besides Europe were not desperate for new lands and resources. The Europeans at that time were greedy, bloodthirsty and therefore there was a massive land grab following Columbus' discovery of the Americas. Thus, the rulers of Europe started the 500 year long period known as the colonization period.
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