Thursday, November 3, 2011

Chapter Seven:The Classical Era Variation: Africa and The Americas


Chapter seven gives a further explanation of the Classical Era. Although we have plenty of information of Eurasia, The Americas also were progressing. The chapter starts out with talking about the Mayan culture. Mayan have been exploited for many years yet they have a significantly large population. I’m half Guatemalan and I know for a fact Guatemala is split in between the Mayan culture as well as the Spanish also known as the Ladinos. Eurasia had many advantages that the Americas lacked. They had domesticated animal that were used for food as well as labor, whereas the Americas were limited. In this chapter we learned about the Kingdom of Meroe, which was located in Egypt and was apart of the Nubian civilization. The Meroe was wealthy yet declined due to deforestation. While reading the chapter I thought of the Persian. The Persian really did open a getaway for many and I also thought of the Greeks in the concept that Egypt God’s and the influences it has on us today. Christianity added a new member to its family, by allowing Axum to join. Axum was known as the emergence of a new one. With Christianity marking territory it made it’s round all over the world including Ethiopia. The Mesoamericans consisted of Mexico down Central America with t he one common ground of the culture. The Mayan culture has a fascinating yet independent culture. They have there own ceremonies, spiritual practices, wring records pyramids and structures. The have been around for a long time. With colonialism taking over I could see why the Mayan culture has been oppressed and exploited. The Mayan were independent, advance and can perceived as a threat to other societies trying to take over. I haven been 

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