https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb en-us 2020-04-23 22:07:23 UTC 2026-01-04 11:04:26 UTC hello@padlet.com gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527330043 The Silk Road was established in 130 BCE to open trade and allow merchants to travel farther to spread goods, ideas, and philosophy. Along the Silk Road there were trading posts and markets to allow goods and ideas to be carried on from merchant to merchant.]]> 2020-04-24 03:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527330043 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527348958 During the 13th century, the largest land-based empire in human history took place. This empire is the Mongol Empire and they brought Europe, China, and the Islamic World into direct contact with one another. This caused culture, technological innovations, and goods to travel all over the empire. The empire also caused the silk road to flourish due to the heavy trade.]]> 2020-04-24 03:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527348958 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527403174 During the Song Dynasty, women were seen as weak and were meant to follow men. They were also viewed as a distraction to men and remarriage as a widow was frowned upon. Furthermore, foot binding was seen as a way to make women more beautiful even though it broke the bones in their feet.]]> 2020-04-24 04:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527403174 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527417600 The Bantu language was spread all throughout Africa because of the Bantu peoples migration. The Bantu people brought their agricultural economy with them as they migrated and spread their knowledge of agriculture to hunter-foragers. The Bantu people also spread malaria as they moved and only infected others because they were immune.]]> 2020-04-24 04:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/527417600 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529008826 Once trade along East Africa began it caused the Indian Ocean to connect Southeast Asia, Persia, India, and East Africa with each other. As a result, international trade increased greatly with Islamic merchants and costal cities formed. Furthermore, gold, ivory, porcelain, slaves, cotton, iron, and other goods were traded causing the economy to flourish.]]> 2020-04-24 17:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529008826 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529103111 Mississippian culture is from Native American civilizations that started in the Mississippi River valley and spread east. They practiced animism and believed that priests communicated with the spirits. Furthermore, their beliefs prohibited warfare among settlements and had a matrilineal society (meaning that social status was based on the wife's side of the family).]]> 2020-04-24 18:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529103111 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529130811 In 1839, Britain saw the Chinese ban on opium as a direct threat. As a result, Britain and China went to war over Britain's right to sell opium in China. The Chinese lost the war and ended up negotiating for a treaty. The Treaty of Nanking extended foreigners' rights to trade from the Canton trading-port to four other Chinese ports. This crushed Chinese pride and caused the Chinese to loose faith in their country.]]> 2020-04-24 18:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529130811 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529155966 During the mid 16th century, rich silver deposits were found in Bolivia (Potosi) and Japan. Soon, 85% of the world's silver was being produced in Spanish America. The silver ended up increasing prices causing poverty rather than a real economy. ]]> 2020-04-24 19:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529155966 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529209615 In 1517, Martin Luther, a german priest, debated on the abuses within the Roman Catholic Church in the Ninety-Five Thesis. Luther represented the commoners in this thesis and spread his reformation ideas through the printing press. Luther also challenged the idea that the Roman Catholic Church could rid you of your sins. He believed that salvation only came through faith. ]]> 2020-04-24 19:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529209615 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529238857 The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that was based on deism and skepticism. Deism is the belief that a rather abstract Deity created the world, but not a personal god who intervened with the world. The Enlightenment was heavily influenced by philosophers like John Locke, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, and Montesquieu. These philosophers influenced ideas like natural rights, checks and balances, and that people are corrupted by society. Women's roles were also questioned.]]> 2020-04-24 20:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529238857 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529515579 In 1815, one million workers created a variety of "friendly societies" where members would contribute and provide insurance, funerals, and an opportunity for social life. Within these societies, some people would burn mills and hold strikes, which made the upperclass fearful. Furthermore, once trade unions were legalized in 1824, a growing number of factory workers joined these organizations to strive for better wages and working conditions.  ]]> 2020-04-25 01:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529515579 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529533030 In 1789, French soldiers were returning back to France spreading their new ideas of a republic and France was almost bankrupt. So, Louis XVI called the Estates General which barley represented the commoners (the third estate). The clergy, nobility, and commoners each had a representative even though commoners made up 98% of the population. As a result, the third estate organized their own system, the National Assembly, allowing themselves to make laws for the country. So, the French Revolution was driven by the sharp conflicts in society and unfair representation in the political system.]]> 2020-04-25 01:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529533030 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529547812 Within the Qing Dynasty, the political organization was similar to the Mongols in that the highest positions were given to Manchus. Also civil service exams also determined who entered scholar ranks. Furthermore, they were tightly controlled at the center and had two emperors, Kangxi and Qianlong, who helped keep the empire together for 130 years. Even though it was a solid empire, separation within was encouraged between the Manchu and Chinese.]]> 2020-04-25 02:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529547812 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529557522 Feudalism is the system to structure society that flourished in medieval Europe. It was like a pyramid and at the top was the king and church holding the most power. On the second tier there was nobility that provided the king military aid and money. The third tier was the knights who served the kingdom. The last tier was the peasants and commoners who had the least amont of rights even thought they made up most of the population.]]> 2020-04-25 02:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529557522 gc86062 https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529561068 In 1802, the United States adopted the concept of separation between the church and state. Before this, the church had a lot of power and influence on the government. The separation of church and state was created once Protestants had gained freedom from England and had no king left to control religion.]]> 2020-04-25 02:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gc86062/utwcvoqxsrww35nb/wish/529561068