These Chinese explorations were really helpful, but also really expensive because of the large timber ships that they built. The government put a policy shift against voyages, and put a greater focus on domestic matters. The Members of the Ming Court advocated a greater focus on domestic and continental matters, emphasizing agricultural production, internal stability, a military buildup and colonization at the edges of the Central Asian steppe, and refurbishment of the Great Wall, designed to repel invaders (DOC 3, 4). Even though China had earlier technological innovations than Europe did (DOC 2) Europe still succeeded because China was governed by ignorant
William also had the opportunity to become king during the elections, because the other candidates had weaknesses: Edgar Aetheling was only 6 years old and he was too young to become king; Harald Hardrada was a Viking and a foreigner, this was to risky; Harold Godwinson wasn’t related to Edward and wasn’t fully English. This gave William an advantage to become king and hold their weaknesses against them. William had a lot of skills, which gave him an advantage to win. William cleverly used horses that were especially trained for battle. They were used as a weapon, which Harold didn’t have.
Overall, the Mbuti are a peaceful culture living as one with nature. Primary Mode of Subsistence The diet of the Mbuti people consists mostly of meat. In fact, it is reported that the Mbuti consume more meat than any other group of tropical hunters (Walker & Hewlett, 1990). They are hunters and gatherers and they do not grow their own food. Because of this the percentage of meat that they eat depends on the time of year and what is currently available.
People started working with metal in the Fertile Crescent 7,000 years ago, and because Europe is geographically close to the Fertile Crescent, Europeans inherited this metal technology. But they took this technology on to a new level. European soldiers demanded stronger, longer, sharper swords". To this day they still use tools made from stone, they have no animals to help them farm, and have no strong source of protein because they have no native animals. Their lack in technology advancements help them back from growing their population to a greater number.
Instead of relying on the land to supply food for us, people can go to their local grocery store and buy pre packaged, ready to cook meat. This is much easier and ethical than sitting and waiting hours at a time in the wilderness for an animal to walk by. People know that they will not starve because all they have to do is drive a mile or two down the road to pick up some food at the store, unlike in the past when people had to hunt for their survival and didn’t know when the next time they would eat or if they would eat at all. Today, almost no one is involved in hunting only, because hunting for survival is no longer a concern. If people hunted just for the meat, then no one would do it.
Diaz planned new project to modernize Mexico and since transportation was one of the big obstacles that Mexico faced to become modernized these plans included “railroads, ports, bridges; telegraphs, telephone, and electrical system; lead smelters. Iron foundries and textile mills” but all these plans didn’t come through due to the lack of wealth and technical skill in their country. Due to their lack of skills and money, the United States played a major role in helping push Mexico towards their goal by investing in their countries plans for mines, plantations, railroads, and
Like most foraging groups the Mbuti are mobile. The Mbuti move around mainly to allow an area to regenerate its resources. They make simple huts made with branches and leaves. This allows them to travel lightly and build in a day when they reach somewhere new. They don’t carry or have many of possessions because it is impractical when you live in one locale.
At best, these populations were considered human but to a lesser degree than Western populations, and therefore deserving of colonization and enslavement. At the worst, these populations were thought of more as animals than humans, incapable of being a part of civilized society, and only good for labor benefitting whites. The idea of a slave revolt orchestrated by the slaves themselves was, therefore, impossible to imagine. Even more unimaginable was the radicalism of the Haitian Revolution. The events of August 1791 were a clear statement by the slave population about the institution of slavery on Saint Domingue, and were unprecedented in the world at the time.
A.) Yali’s question is “Why is it that you write white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?”, which can also be restated in my words as “how can you white people have a lifestyle with so much wealth and powerful technology while we black people have such a poor lifestyle and simple technology in which we are unable to obtain luxury that we desire?” B.) Pizarro’s capture of Atahuallpa explains why Europeans colonized the New World instead of Native Americans Colonizing Europe because in order for Pizarro to capture Atahuallpa, he and his allies must have more advanced technology which trumps Atahuallpa’s huge quantity of warriors. The Native Americans didn’t have the technology to build boats, armor or gun so they could not travel and conquer while the Europeans did have such technologies which lead to the Inca’s defeat and the capture of Atahuallpa. C.) The availability of domestic plants and animals explain why empires, literacy, and steel weapons developed earliest in Eurasia since people can settle in permanent homes and produce crops and domesticate animals, there is no reason to be a hunter and gatherer.
She denies that possibility that Africa can catch up by following the same path of industrialization, technological progress, and capital accumulation as the more developed countries have used. She explains that the peak of evolution has already been reached by industrial countries and white men, and that black people still have more developing to do themselves with a little more effort and more education. One of the points that Mies exemplifies is that even if one of these colonies was to reach what they thought was the “ultimate