Cats World History Blog

Many don't view Columbus as a hero due to the invasions, slavery, and murders his voyages brought about Arguably the single most important event of the 15th century, columbus's voyages were not the only significant event 15th century was about globalization Bands of hunter-gatherers, villages of agricultural peoples,  newly emerging chiefdoms or small states, pastoral communities, and established civilizations and empires were all societies existing in the 15th century substantial areas of the world still hosted hunter-gatherers or paleolithic peoples though they had changed over time Australia had 250 separate groups still hunting and gathering at this time a pattern which continued well after europeans arrived in the  late 18th century Australians practiced firestick farming which cleared brush and made hunting easier North America had a very different type of gathering and hunting society with affluent gathering and hunting communities Northwest coast peoples had per...

3rd World China was very powerful, had a gravitational pull on neighboring civilizations Northern Nomads were considered barbarians International trade stimulated social, cultural, and economic change in China Buddhism took root in China as did Christianity and Islam to a much smaller extent The collapse of the Han Dynasty in 220 CE resulted in more than 3 centuries of political chaos and in that time aristocratic power grew Northern Nomads married into aristocratic families and gained political power This time period largely discredited Confucianism which resulted in wider acceptance of Buddhism and Daoism among the elite Widespread Chinese migration south to Yangzi River valley which gave southern China about 60% of China's population by 1000 Widespread environmental destruction, old trees and elephants devastated China regained unity under Sui Dynasty (589-618) Emperor made vast extensions of canal system that linked North and South China economically and contributed t...