To what extent did the nuclear arms race make the world a more dangerous place in the years 1949-63? The arms race arguably made the world a more dangerous place, the word ‘dangerous’ could be defined as an unsafe threat to the world and human population. This was demonstrated through the tests of ‘brinkmanship' in the Cuban missile crisis. The increased spending, in order to impress the ‘third world', leading to new delivery systems, such as the ICBM's in 1957, the destructive power of the new H-bomb and Lithium bomb. However, the arms race acted as a strong deterrent through promise of 'Mutually Assured Destruction' and also creating a limited war due to the capacity of the nuclear weapons.
In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson uses the apocalypse trope, logos, and ethos to grab the general public’s attention and to inspire the necessity for changing the way the environment is treated by mankind. The apocalypse trope is implored right from the beginning before Carson even starts writing. She dedicates the book to Albert Schweitzer who said, “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” This quote gets the reader thinking before they have even turned to page one. In Ecocriticism, Thompson writes that in the apocalypse trope “violent and grotesque images are juxtaposed with glimpses of a world transformed” (Garrard 86).
Eventually scholars concluded that the lines were not chiefly for astronomical purposes, but Reiche's work had brought educational attention to the great resource. “Maria Reiche really put her effort in trying to discredit Erich Von Däniken’s theory about aliens” (bibliotecapleyades). For over 30 years, Erich von Däniken has pursued the theory, which states that Earth might have been visited by extraterrestrial beings in the past. Erich von Däniken has become famous for an infamous idea: that the origins
This Mazlish would describe as falling into the realm of Global History because of the way it was humanity's effort that got us to the moon, not solely the ambition and technology of one civilization that got us there. Another area that Mazlish indicates falls into Global History is economics. With the way many nations today are interdependent and trade with one another virtually any economic development of note would have to be viewed under the scope of Global History. For instance the world right now is undergoing an economic crisis. This crisis is the result of global policies and credit regulations not working the way they needed to.
When the wet periods brought moisture it meant an expansion in agriculture and population growth, it also drifted the power of that population kings that used to get credit for the rain. Interestingly, after the year of 660, the rainy period became dry and that generated many wars over limited resources. Long following the year 990 the Maya politics forces collapsed and the severe dry weather from the years 1000 to 1100 forced the Maya to leave in order to survive. The researchers said that the analogy made with the Maya civilization and today's society is something that people should start worrying about; when there are changes in climate that could debilitate agriculture, famine, social instability and even wars could happen the same way it did with the Mayas. By Deborah Zabarenko | Reuters – Thu, Nov 8, 2012 -
With the Spanish conquistadors, they came upon the Mayan civilization, thinking that they could take control over the civilization, and change the country’s system into the European system. Not only did they try and turn the Mayan civilization into Catholicism, they also tried to eliminate the whole entire population. The other side is the peasant revolt. The occur of the peasant revolt was due to the fact that the priests were mistreating the peasants, making them work 24 hours of the day, and not feed them. The second theory is the Ecological theory, which states that the Mayan civilization collapsed due to natural causes.
The Drought theory is one archaeologist believes to be the root cause of chronic food and water shortage. A combination of natural drought and deforestation buy humans could cause terrible consequences. Without Trees, erosion would have worsened, carrying away fertile topsoil. The warming temperatures would have dried out the land, making it even less suitable for raising crops (Dr. Tom Sever – Nov. 15, 2004). The Systemic ecological collapse is another theory focuses on the worsening agricultural and resource conditions in the late Classic period.
2001 A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes are catagorised as science fiction, a genre which is defined as “Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.” | Science fiction is a genre heavily shaped by the issues, knowledge and ethos of the time in which it was created. Since the two films were released exactly a month apart and embody the majority of the same themes and concerns, the connection to the 60’s is shown clearly by the emphasis of both these films on similar themes such as a concept of the “race of the future”, creation, evolution, religion and space travel. | The space race was taking place in the years of production, and one year after their release man walked on another world for the first time in recorded history. This was a time when man was moving further into the age of nuclear power, standing on the threshold of space travel and concerns were rising about the impact of these “advancements” on their future. | French author of “monkey planet” (the basis of Planet of the Apes) used man’s discovery of the ability to leave the planet as a springboard for his novel and predicts a dystopic future for mankind.
Overgrazing reduces the usefulness, productivity, and biodiversity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. Wind and water erosion then damages the soil left unprotected. To help prevent overgrazing the NRCS (U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Services) has a program (the Conservation Stewardship Program) that provides information and support to enable ranchers who own their lands to burn unwanted woody plants, reseed the land with perennial grass varieties that hold water and manage cattle so that herds are moved to a new location before overgrazing occurs. These steps should help supply enough area and grass to prevent an insufficient supply for grazing. This problem, if left untreated, could also pose a serious threat to the food chain.
The theory is of the occurrence of a mega-drought in the Central America region. Another one of the current theories that I found states that the Lowlands Maya basically wiped one another out. The theory that I find to me more convincing and more likely to have happened is the drought theory. According to what I read the Mayans relied heavily on rainwater. This was due to the fact that the areas in which they were located had no other freshwater sources in the areas.