Jose Betancourt
World History 1
Dr. Andrews
10/31/12
Classical Era Variations: Africa and The Americas (500B.C.E.-1200
C.E).
The
chapter begins by talking with some basic truths about the governments of the
past, especially in Mexico and how the Mayan people were exploded and not well
taught of their own culture, religion and society. The Mayan people after tee
conquest was not a culture to look up to. The conquistadors made sure to make
the Spanish culture the ideal, and demonized the Mayans to the point, to where
many Mayas were probably not happy to be who they were.
Furthermore,
another civilization this chapter talks bout is the Meroe civilization that was
close to the Egyptian civilization and ‘fought’ them even though they were
later over thought and beaten by neighboring tribes. The Nubian people were
from Meroe. “Politically, the kingdom of Meroe was governed by an all-powerful
and sacred monarch, apposition occasionally conferred on women”(185). And the
dead were buried with “sacrificial victims”. Iron was also a very important
tool for the Nubian peoples. The Nubian peoples were also the warrior type, “The
wealth and military power of Meroe derived in part from extensive long distance
trading connections, to the north via the Nile and to the east and west by
means of camel servants”(186). This makes the life of the Nubians one of war
and trade. If there was no war than the trade and weapons made could not be
used and sold to other neighboring tribes. In class we learned that a lot of
the civilizations like the Aegean’s or the Teotihuacán people that preceded the
Mayas and the Greeks. The people that came before the great civilizations were
usually not thought of. It is therefore important to understand peoples of the
past as people with culture, art, religion and also civilizations.
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