Evolution to Revolution
The leadership character traits of a leader of a group will affect the value system of said group of people. Leaders have a lot of influence and control over the group, so the leader’s different traits will affect or maybe even determine their group’s beliefs and values. As a leader, having visions for where you and your group is headed is extremely important. The betterment of your group or society must know where you want to be in the future. These visions are powerful and have great influence over the people who follow you and are inspired by you, which will easily affect or control such people's values, and overall their value system. In guiding your people to the future, you guide their thoughts of what is right and wrong as well. A great example of this is Mary Wollstonecraft. She had a dream, a vision, for the future where women had equal rights and had the opportunity for equal education as men. She would write about such things and she even tried to make a school for girls at one point. A more specific example of how Mary’s visions influenced people’s beliefs and value systems is through the book she wrote, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) and Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). These books became more popular and inspired people around the world later, during the 1840s. “From the 1840s, however, members of the incipient American and European women’s movements resurrected some of the book’s principles. It was a particular influence on American women’s rights pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Fuller '' (Mary Wollstonecraft -- Britannica School, 2015). Mary Wolstoncrafts books had influenced many women’s beliefs and value systems, bringing them to fight for women's rights, in this case they were fighting for the right to vote in the US. So as we can see, leadership traits, such as visions, can greatly affect the value system of a group of people, sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad.
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
Resources can be used for leverage, but the resulting leverage depends on the qualities of the leader who is using the resources. What a Leader focuses and wants to improve on will determine how they use their resources. Say for example, an empire is very rich in steel. A leader who’s focusing on economic growth and power would want to trade the steel for goods or money, this would get them economic leverage. But a leader whose goal is to have a more offensive war power, they would probably focus more on building weaponry from that steel. That’s just a hypothetical though. A real example of what I mean would be the sandalwood trade of Hawaiʻi. King Kamehameha I saw the value within sandalwood and decided to use that towards uniting the Hawaiian islands. Thanks to the value of sandalwood, he got access to ships and weaponry which he would use to take down the ali’i of other islands. After uniting the islands, Kamehameha I saw that the only way to make sure his sandalwood monopoly would prosper was to maintain the sandalwood trees. He put the trees under a kapu and restricted which ones could be harvested and traded. This was an extremely resourceful move on his part because it ensured that Hawaiʻi would always have some sort of secured leverage. Sadly, it wasn’t to last. When Kamehameha I passed, his heir to the throne, Liholiho, Kamehameha II had very different ideals than his father. At the time of his rule, The US was going through a lot of economic issues and trading with China was not an option. Because of that, the Hawaiian market flooded. Hawaiʻi had an advantage because of its resources and it was up to Liholiho and other aliʻi on the island to figure out how they would benefit from that leverage. Instead of continuing the restrictive policy that the sandalwood was put under, Liholiho harvested the tree’s relentlessly, with almost no regard to preserve them. He also put tons of pressure on the people who were forced to harvest those trees. Hawaiʻi gained a lot with this trade, but it was all at the expense of the resources and the people. “The chiefs forced the people into the hills to cut and transport sandalwood. Farms were left unattended, which reduced the food supply. The people's health suffered from the long hours of labor and shortage of food.” (“Chapter 5: The Reign of Liholiho, King Kamehameha II (1819-1824): EBSCOhost,” 2021). These events really show a spectrum between leaders and how they achieved their different goals given the same resource. Kamehameha I focused on the future prosperity of Hawaiʻi, so it was very important that he secured leverage for Hawai’i. On the other side though, many of Liholihos goals were set on becoming respectable by other nations by adapting their ideals and practices. With this trade, he saw the perfect opportunity to do just that. There are many ways to gain an advantage from your resources, but the person in charge will determine what kind of advantage you get.
(Contributed by: Asaeli Hikila)
(Contributed by: Asaeli Hikila)
Geography can impact the resources and the ʻāina, but a group controls how fast a civilization evolves. In early humanity, geography affects what plants and animals grew there. The people adapted according to what was able to be farmed in certain regions, like if it is near water, in-land, or near the equator. When a civilization found a specialty food, it became cash crops and could affect their economy through trading. Cash crops could make the civilization will evolve quicker, resulting in a strong empire. Geography is important to how a civilization can evolve if people use it the right way.
Take for example the 4 river valley civilizations. They all settled down near the water because every human needs an abundance of water. All civilizations’ economy was based off of farming and trading. The Yellow River Valley (Chinese) found their cash crop to be in expensive and luxurious silk, because only they could make it. "Because of geography, the ancient Egyptians were able to access the Nile River for trading with the Mesopotamians and Indus River Valley. They traded gold, papyrus, linen, and grain, for cedar wood" (Ancient Egypt for Kids - Economy, Trade, Barter, Debens, Money - Ancient Egypt for Kids, 2021), which they used as boats to go up and down the Nile River. Geography affected the trade between these ancient civilizations and they prospered alongside each other. Geography impacts the resources a group has and how fast a civilization evolves. The 4 river valley nations were able to thrive with the way they were placed, and because of this, they were able to advance as nations and developed technologies as they advanced.
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
The role that the UN Sustainability Goals play in leveraging resources as civilizations grow and evolve would be to help influence a civilization into a more sustaining, and healthy lifestyle. For example, Liliʻuokalani exemplified the goal of “Good Health and Well-being” because in 1881 she was left to look after the kingdom when Kalākaua left on his trip and shortly after, he left an epidemic of smallpox that broke out in Oahu. She was able to stop all travel in-between islands until the epidemic came to an end. Her determination and promptness is what lead her to be an amazing leader that both helps the rise of civilization as well as the well-being of her people and nation. She was able to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being…” to aid in the conversion of a civilization to a more sustainable way of life. Another good example of the UN Sustainability rights having a role in civilization’s rise would be Queen Elizabeth I. During her reign, she had to defend her people against the Spanish Armada as well as keeping her throne without being married. She exemplified the goal of “Gender Equality” as well as “Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure”. In the beginning of her reign she was offered many marriages, but turned them all down because she wanted to protect England’s security from foreign influence. Later on into her rule, the Spanish attacked England because they saw them as a competitor in trade as well as expansion. Queen Elizabeth’s rule was known as the Elizabethan Era because of the thriving creativity throughout England at the time, so this pushed their civilization through the evolution of thinking, which in turn, made them great at trade, economy, and architecture. The UN Sustainability rights played its role as the foundation, as well as power of civilizations, which gave way to new ideas and greater leaders that influence how a civilization grows and thrives.
(Contributed by:Logan Ledesma)
(Contributed by:Logan Ledesma)
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Ruhasegawa Lowe, Robin Yoko Racoma, & Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate. Intermediate Reading Program. (1993b). Liliʻuokalani. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Community Education Division, Intermediate Reading Program.
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Rise of Empires
One society’s value system impacts their decisions and policies of control over another society. “After Atahualpa was captured, he learned to speak Spanish and play chess with his captors after his initial shock of being captured. The Spaniards thought that he was most useful so he was allowed to establish his court in prison as long as his people would accept the Spanish rule. He ordered them to melt gold because Pizzaro promised Atahuapla freedom for the gold. Once he handed over the gold he was no longer useful to his captors, so he was sentenced to death. With Atahuapla dead, the conquistadors went on to colonize the rest of Peru” (FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel, 2021). This is a piece of information I took from the Guns Germs and Steel Cornell notes. This is a good example of how one society’s value system impacts their decisions and policies of control over another society because we can see how the Europeans, specifically Conquistadors or Spaniards, had their value system, with trade, resources, and making money being very important. This resulted in them using the Inca leader for their benefit and killing them when they no longer had any use for him. The death of Atahualpa then resulted in the Spaniards colonizing the rest of Peru and taking control. As we can see the value system of the Conquistadors impacted their decisions and policies of control over the Incan.
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
A leader can make a big difference in the control of one society over another. A leader’s decision making would be shaped by their own morals and how important the prosperity and safety for their people is. For example, according to FL #6, Dark Ages and Crusades, “The Crusaders wanted to suppress uprising Islamic Empire to keep their Christian beliefs dominate in the 8th century. The first official crusade was a call to arms by Pope Urban II in 1095 CE, in order to unite Europe and spread their religion” (FL #6: DarkAges & Crusades - World Hst - Crash Course 14 & 15 Questions (1, 2021). Leaders make decisions based on the well being of its people and wanted to make sure that Christianity carries on. Pope Urban II felt that the Christian Empire was threatened by the uprising Islamic Empire. He decided to take action to secure Christianity’s place in the world. Every decision that a leader makes, will affect anyone who follows. The Crusaders ended up winning the first battle by luck, but they didn’t succeed in the following crusades and were eventually excommunicated by Alexius the third because of lack of power, money, and even morale. Pope Urban II wasn’t a good leader, and that is what led the crusades to its downfall but Christianity still lives on in the world.
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
There can be various reasons why a society or nation feels motivated to control another. From, fighting over the resources of the land or maybe the land has a significance towards a religion. In Flipped Notes “Guns, Germs and Steel” we took notes on several videos pertaining to the colonization of Africa as well as how or why European settlers decided to. For example, our group notes state “They quickly established themselves as they started farms of wheat and barley as well as ranching cattle and sheep. Domesticated animals had given way to newer germs which evolved into viruses that could infect humans” (FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel, 2021). So, the Europeans did just want what the land offered, but they didn’t know about what consequences a new land could provide.
If their only reason to be there was for the resources, then if the resources that they brought from Europe didn’t take to the land they would have no other reason to be there. Our notes state “As they moved from the south to the north, they started more farms which didn’t turn out as planned. Their crops refused the land on which they wanted to plant. Another big problem was how the animals were dying. They also fell ill to diseases that they were never exposed to before.” So, now that their crops and cattle aren’t surviving on the land, they decide to enslave the natives and ship them to Europe or to America later on. Like what was mentioned, a society or nation may want something other than the resources that the land has, but it could have some sort of religious value towards them. In Flipped Notes “Middle Ages and Crusades” and “The Kingdom of Heaven”, we looked back and saw that there could be more reasons to conquer a land than just resources. For example, the notes state that “Pope Urban II started the first crusade because of the wrong doings the Turks were doing to the Christian Turks. He was also worried about traveling Christians going through Seljk territory trying to get to Jerusalem.” As a leader of the church, Pope Urban II was worried for the safety of other Christians and their ability to worship. In the third crusade, Jerusalem or the Holy Land is what is being fought over. The notes state, “The Holy Land is a place where Christ was present most of the time as well as where he died. In both religions, Christ plays an important role as that is who they worship, and the place where their God was present, would make said place very religiously important.” In all, what motivates a nation or society to want to control another could differ from natural resources, political injustice, to gain more power, or even religion.
(Contributed by: Logan Ledesma)
If their only reason to be there was for the resources, then if the resources that they brought from Europe didn’t take to the land they would have no other reason to be there. Our notes state “As they moved from the south to the north, they started more farms which didn’t turn out as planned. Their crops refused the land on which they wanted to plant. Another big problem was how the animals were dying. They also fell ill to diseases that they were never exposed to before.” So, now that their crops and cattle aren’t surviving on the land, they decide to enslave the natives and ship them to Europe or to America later on. Like what was mentioned, a society or nation may want something other than the resources that the land has, but it could have some sort of religious value towards them. In Flipped Notes “Middle Ages and Crusades” and “The Kingdom of Heaven”, we looked back and saw that there could be more reasons to conquer a land than just resources. For example, the notes state that “Pope Urban II started the first crusade because of the wrong doings the Turks were doing to the Christian Turks. He was also worried about traveling Christians going through Seljk territory trying to get to Jerusalem.” As a leader of the church, Pope Urban II was worried for the safety of other Christians and their ability to worship. In the third crusade, Jerusalem or the Holy Land is what is being fought over. The notes state, “The Holy Land is a place where Christ was present most of the time as well as where he died. In both religions, Christ plays an important role as that is who they worship, and the place where their God was present, would make said place very religiously important.” In all, what motivates a nation or society to want to control another could differ from natural resources, political injustice, to gain more power, or even religion.
(Contributed by: Logan Ledesma)
There are many different steps that mankind can take to progress or to recover from their trials, but it’s important to remember that the kind of step they take can differentiate based on the country and it’s situation. For example, in Guns, Germs and Steel we learned about the crisis happening in Zambia with Malaria. This is a disease that has been haunting all sorts of people and children of Zambia for a long, long time, and because of this, it has a super low productivity rate. Zambian doctors and scientists are currently trying to find a vaccine or cure that can save Zambia from these dangerous times. With Malaria out of the way, they can also become more productive, and a wealthier nation. Zambia has a specific problem that has been keeping them down. By setting goals and working towards them, they can lead their country to prosperity.
Another instance of countries bettering themselves with goals was with the Abbasids. In the Dark Ages Crash Course lesson we learn about the Abbasids who replaced the Umayyad Dynasty. After the oppression from the Umayyad Dynasty, the Abbasids sought to be more open minded. Through their tolerance, and acceptance of other cultures, their capital, Baghdad would become a huge place of culture and learning. Philosophy, medicine, poetry, art, religion, etc. all grew substantially in Baghdad and the Abbisids stood strong and undefeated for a while until… You know, the Mongols. (But they’re the Mongols, it was bound to happen.) Still, the Abbasids saw the need for change, and, once again, by setting goals opening up their minds to other cultures, they were able to receive quality education and build upon the teachings of their time.
(Contributed By: Asaeli Hikila)
Citations
Green, J. (2012). Nerdfighteria Wiki - The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15. Nerdfighteria.info. https://nerdfighteria.info/v/X0zudTQelzI
History.com Editors. (2010, June 7). Crusades. HISTORY; HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/crusades
CrashCourse. (2012). The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14 [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7CanyzhZg
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FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel. (2021). FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel. Google Docs. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j5Di8ZVk3yM4jN0Ya5QLnCNkFvilhPOz6xi5uegJT3k/edit?ts=60d18c98
Pizarro massacres 5,000 Incans and takes Incan emperor hostage. (1532, November 16). Sky HISTORY TV Channel. https://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/16-november/pizarro-massacres-5000-incans-and-takes-incan-emperor-hostage
Green, J. (2012). Nerdfighteria Wiki - The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15. Nerdfighteria.info. https://nerdfighteria.info/v/X0zudTQelzI
History.com Editors. (2010, June 7). Crusades. HISTORY; HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/crusades
CrashCourse. (2012). The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14 [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7CanyzhZg
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https://www.facebook.com/PunahouSchool. (2020, January 3). Kamehameha I - Punahou School. Retrieved July 7, 2021, from Punahou School website: https://bulletin.punahou.edu/kamehameha-i/
FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel. (2021). FL #5 CNOTES: Guns Germs and Steel. Google Docs. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j5Di8ZVk3yM4jN0Ya5QLnCNkFvilhPOz6xi5uegJT3k/edit?ts=60d18c98
Pizarro massacres 5,000 Incans and takes Incan emperor hostage. (1532, November 16). Sky HISTORY TV Channel. https://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/16-november/pizarro-massacres-5000-incans-and-takes-incan-emperor-hostage
Production, Expansion & Revolution
Karl Marx’s enlightenment thinking had impacted the outcomes of the Industrial Age through his idea of communism inspiring socialist movements. “Marx also suggested that at some point the working class would realize that they had the power to change things through education and personal development. Some members of the proletariat would begin to understand the system better and devise ways of changing it...In place of capitalism, a new system would be established in which all people were treated equally and all the factories and businesses were owned by everyone; in other words, they were communally owned. Marx called this system communism.” (The Curious Classroom, 2013) Marx’s communism influenced and inspired many people during the industrial revolution, especially socialists, and it started to take root in unions with his idea that everyone is equal and should get what they need to survive. Marx saw that the Industrial revolution was creating an unstable system and it could easily collapse from revolution, and his ideas helped with this. As we can see, the Industrial Age was impacted by Marx’s enlightenment thinking through his idea of communism inspiring socialist movements.
The use of "money" created class stratification and the division of an elite, middle, and poverty class in human society. “Class stratification separated prosperous industrialists, shipowners and merchants dominated, accumulated wealth from those in poverty.” (FL 6 - Impacts of the Industrial Revolution, Steam, Coal and Scientific Revolutionary Technology - Google Slides.webm, 2021) With industrialization many people who lived on farms and worked for the lords who owned the land got kicked off farms in the form of leadership change. So these people already started in a bad spot when systems like capitalism started. People who could make a lot of money, industrialists, shipowners and merchants, became part of the higher class and lived separately from the working class who made less money. Just by the use of money, people got separated into classes and groups of people who were similar to them. So the use of "money" definitely created class stratification and the division of an elite, middle, and poverty class in human society.
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
(Contributed by: Maile Kahele)
The silk road would go on to spread ideals, and lead to economic growth in the world. John Green from crash course explains the silk road to be a network of trading routes where people exchanged their resources, ideals, religions and even diseases. There were a lot of resources being traded from Asia to Europe and one of the things Europeans couldn’t get enough of were spices. As people began to trade more and more with each other, the demand for foreign resources went up. It wouldn’t be long until people would use that demand for economic growth. The way that these nations grew was through cash crops, where they took a heavily demanded crop, produced it like crazy, traded it, and came back rich. The silk road allowed people from other countries to experience the goods that were had in places all over the world with a system of giving and receiving. This explorational system would present the world with new trades and economic leverage for all sorts of countries. (Contributed by Asaeli Hikila)
There were many common factors in history that contribute to inciting the age of revolutions. Some include people fighting for freedom or independence, coup over a bad ruler, and fighting for equality. The French Revolution started because Louis XVI established an absolute monarchy and abused his power, so the people revolted against him. The Haitian Revolution became one of the most successful slave revolts in history. They made France recognize freedom for slaves and even the sovereignty of Haiti, which France ruled over (FL #11 - Age of Revolutions Comparison Chart, 2021).
The age of revolutions started with many things, but another big cause was people's rights for equality. Black history was something that was used all around the world with slaves. More than 11 mil were forcibly transported from Africa across world as free labor, mostly used in plantations of the European colonies. Slaves were chained and lined in rows on the ships (FL #9 - Exploration, Exchange, Expansion, Enlightenment & Colonization, 2021). This is what started the Black Lives Matter movement in America, because black people felt the need to have equality to all men the standard. The major revolutions started for very different reasons, but one big overall thing was the people felt the need to get what they believed in known, whether that be a need for change or recognition. Countries and empires throughout history realized that revolutions were inevitable and some were lucky enough to benefit from it if they recognize people’s needs. Some countries weren’t lucky enough and had a full-blown war. Revolutions were present all throughout history, but it still occurs in the present too just not as big.
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
The age of revolutions started with many things, but another big cause was people's rights for equality. Black history was something that was used all around the world with slaves. More than 11 mil were forcibly transported from Africa across world as free labor, mostly used in plantations of the European colonies. Slaves were chained and lined in rows on the ships (FL #9 - Exploration, Exchange, Expansion, Enlightenment & Colonization, 2021). This is what started the Black Lives Matter movement in America, because black people felt the need to have equality to all men the standard. The major revolutions started for very different reasons, but one big overall thing was the people felt the need to get what they believed in known, whether that be a need for change or recognition. Countries and empires throughout history realized that revolutions were inevitable and some were lucky enough to benefit from it if they recognize people’s needs. Some countries weren’t lucky enough and had a full-blown war. Revolutions were present all throughout history, but it still occurs in the present too just not as big.
(Contributed by: Hereiti Casey)
At the same time as Enlightenment concepts took on the challenge of knowing all of nature, Europeans began to strive to control and manipulate nature to make it work for them. In Flipped Notes #8, it stated that "for 1500 years people had never used anything that was made outside of their communities. So when the Industrial Revolution came around, it changed life as humans forever. From owning anything other than a farm to toilets and cars none of it would be here without the Industrial Revolution. So, because of their experience with revolution from the past, they knew that making life easier as well as more convenient for humans was the ultimate goal of innovation" (FL #8 - Impacts Industrial Revolution, 2021). In Flipped Notes #9 It said that "Cash Crops were produced for money and wealth rather than to be used by the farmers themselves. One factor at play was the need for resources as during the creation of the cash crops this was when people were creating empires" (FL #9 - Exploration, Exchange, Expansion, Enlightenment & Colonization, 2021). This shows how most revolutionary creations were made not mainly for use, but for money and convenience. The opposite effect can be found in Flipped Notes #11 where the British wanted greater control over the colonies. America was indebted to the British for their defense in the French and Indian War. So they started taxing goods that were imported from Britain. The British making life a little harder for the colonies by taxing simple things like sugar was just enough to make the people of the colonies very angry. The Enlightenment concepts started the challenge of understanding nature and through these revolutionary ideas it affected different natural resources as well as how different countries functioned with or without these resources.
(Contributed by: Logan Ledesma)
(Contributed by: Logan Ledesma)
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