This will be the last blog of this semester. It's a little sad seeing that I have been doing blogs for the past two semesters, not only in this class but for World History II as well. I must say that it has been beneficial to me in many ways because it lets me write my opinions about the chapter. I can connect it to different things in our world and society today so I think blogging overall has been a progressive success.
Anyhow, chapter 13 is mainly about the the worlds of the fifteenth century. Some of the topics we discussed were human communities and paleolithic societies.
Despite the agricultural revolution that society took into consideration, the topic I found most interesting was "Paleolithic Persistence." Many societies changed if not immediately after the agricultural advance, but many still held onto old Paleolithic ways. Substantial areas still held onto gathering and hunting societies. Countries such as Australia, much of Siberia, the arctic coastlands, and parts of Africa and the Americas grasped the notion of old ways. Almost all of Australia still practiced hunting and gather ways and assimilated various material items or cultural practices from outsiders such as outrigger canoes, fish hooks, complex netting techniques, artistic styles, rituals, and mythological ideas. All these aspects took place on the out skirts of Australia. They too slowly converted into modern agricultural techniques, but were not noticed after the fifteenth century because the rest of the world was "more important" and "more advanced."
I found this particular section very catchy because it shows that not everyone went crazy after the revolutions of agriculture and other aspects. Many people stayed true to their roots, because that was the means of survival their whole lives. I respect that in many ways because if you cant remember the way you started, you will never be successful in anything. Hunting and gather societies were the basis in which people ate and survived. Stone tools are what people used to hunt to catch animals. All these basic things are the most important necessities in which life have brought us too. In my point of view the people who did not jump at the sight of the agricultural and the early progress in civilizations are very commendable. They hold different qualities with makes them different from the world. They too should still be recognized in our history books because they are just as important as anyone else in society. It is people like them who have made our society in modern day as successful as it has become now.
