The book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had so little cargo of our own?” This question was asked by Yali, a New Guinean politician talking to Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond answers this question by analyzing the development of civilization across the globe, from the deserts of Africa to the woodlands of North America. Each of these civilizations progressed in different ways, some slower than others. Mr. Diamond shows how different aspects of society were developed in different parts of the world, like how 13 large mammals were domesticated in Eurasia, but none were domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa or Australia. These small details end up compiling together to explain exactly why different societies developed so differently. The author uses clear ideas and thoughts to explain the course of history. He systematically explores different pieces of human development, from domesticating plants and animals to creating different types of weapons. There is a certain need for this book because no one had set out to answer this question before, even though many have asked it in different ways. Scholars had always been arguing about the development of civilizations, and having one book compile information from hundreds of sources allows for a distinct answer. The author used many different types of graphs to help explain his reasoning. His thesis is that certain conditions allowed certain civilizations to develop technology and weapons more than others, allowing them to conquer other civilizations. In his words: “Technology, in the form of weapons and transport, provides the direct means by which certain peoples have expanded their realms and conquered other peoples.”…
In my opinion, having a technological advantage does not always mean you will win. Some didn 't have any technological benefits but they still won, and some had many technological advantages but they lost. In Jack Weatherford 's “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”, Genghis Khan 's conquest were made possible by his brilliant military strategies. He was ingenious at getting ideas from different travelers he met, such as Marco Polo. He also used traditional Mongol military tactics and more “modern” tactics such as guns. The territory Genghis Khan conquered was made possible mostly by his political abilities and partially by some new weapons. He allowed people he conquered all freedom as long as they obeyed his overall authority.…
Authors often use symbolism in their stories to help their readers through the story and to help them know what's important. In this series the ring that frodo holds is a symbol of evil and how it corrupts you if you do its bidding. In this story if you put on the ring you do what it wanted you to do and then it takes over your body making you want to control all others or drives you mad and makes you run away. The symbol of the ring also became a symbol of war and until it was destroyed people would be at constant war and the evil would be winning and that’s how the ring ties into the thesis that war is…
Technologies can be considered as structural constraints. Similar to all structures human beings have created, they can limit or enable human actions. Technology can be defined as the creation, adaptation, usage and comprehension of mostly machines which are known to make life better and assist in solving a problem (Wright, 2008). In addition to that, technology is also used to perform a specific function. The use of technology by human beings can be dated back when they began creating simple tools from natural resources. From using fire to prepare their food which led to the increase of food production to the use of the wheel which aided in moving from one place to another and environmental controlling, human beings are known to use technology to their advantage. Recent technology for instance the internet, the printing press and the mobile phone have made communication easier. It has enabled human beings to be able to communicate and interact freely within the global boundaries (Wright, 2008).…
We were given the assignment to create toy for a baby from things available in a home. I chose to create a toy for babies in the late infancy stage. My toys are “Noise shakers”. I took three water bottles, took off their wrappers, and in each one I added different things to create different sounds. In one bottle I put bells, in another bottle I put rice, and then in my 3rd bottle I added colorful craft beads. I filled all three bottles half way so there was room for the objects to move freely and create their different sounds. I then used something called Gorilla glue to attach the bottle caps. After that I covered the cap with two layers of colorful duct tape, so that it was extra secure, as well as adding color to the cap area. The age for this toy is 12 to 36 months. It falls in Piaget’s sensorimotor stage and the early part of the preoperational stage. Although this toy would not be for under 12 months or above 36 months. During the sensorimotor stage between 12 and 18 months “infants develop new behaviors that allow them to achieve their goals. Although the child still repeats actions over and over, now he does it with a planned variation to see what happened when I do this!” (P, 235/Levine). For example, the child will think, “when I shake this bottle I hear the sound”. This toy will stimulate the child’s senses; when the baby shakes it, it makes a sound. Also, these bottles have a soft but bumpy texture to the touch. This is important, because infants/young children take in information from their sense. This toy will encourage their growth of symbolic activity. When shaking these bottles, the young child will pretend they are different musical instruments; this is symbolic because they use one object to represent another. Piaget states that “During the Cognitive Development Theory stage 6 (18 months to 2 years)…
Generally, technology is only utilized in Middle Earth by characters found on the side of evil. Tolkien's feelings about technology were no secret. He found the separation of man from nature to be an evil of the modern world, and as such depicted it as evil in Middle Earth. Tolkien's distaste for technology was revealed especially clearly through the actions of Saruman. This is particularly seen during the "Scouring of the Shire". The peaceful, paradisical lives of the hobbits were disrupted by the introduction of Saruman's industrial endeavors. Under his rule, the traditional crafts of the Shire hobbits were replaced by more advanced technology. After his downfall, the hobbits viewed the machinery as threatening and removed…
During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. It was the growth of the ancient civilizations which produced the greatest advances in technology and engineering, advances which stimulated other societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. I will be discussing about the ancient technologies of Mesopotamian, India, China, Greek, and the Romans.…
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What is technology generally speaking? Technology is the process by which humans adapt nature to meet their needs and wants. Most people, however, think of technology in terms of its object: computers and software, aircraft, pesticides, water-treatment plants, birth-control pills, and microwave ovens, to name a few. But technology is more than these tangible products. “Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.” (“Technology”, 1997) The human species use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale.…
To study culture is to study the linking motivations and behaviors of society, “The way of life of a group of people, including symbols, values, behaviors, artifacts, and other shared aspects, which continually evolves as people share messages” (Baldwin). If individuals are the varied indigents in a soup, culture is the stock that complements the different tastes and brings them into a cohesive recipe. As the definition states, culture is continuously evolving, but dramatic changes can be facilitated by catalysts such as the Lord of the Rings. Written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, LOTR has transcended typical cultural boundaries of geographic location, race, and age through the collective love…
As time goes by we get older as we get older we keep up with current events and get wiser, not only does our body physically change but so does our way of thinking. This is the same mentality that we need in our businesses. In order to stay current with events and remain competitive, we must keep up with the times. As we become more technologically advance, the way we use to run business, may not be the most productive and efficient way to do so anymore. Our operation systems and methods start becoming obsolete or just old, and in order to be efficient and competitive in today’s business market, implementation of system upgrades will be needed. But before upgrading, we as a business need to know the pros and cons of new technology implementation.…
In conclusion, the Sumerians contributions greatly impacted the modern world. Even though they don’t exist anymore, their inventions and ideas are still lying around today. It has changed the world for many years in a positive way. Without writing and time, the modern world would most probably have trouble communicating with one another. Our lifestyle may have also been much different without the Sumerians inventions. This is why they have changed the modern world positively without them even…
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The technological is a major turning point in the life of communities and nations, it was preceded by some communities and other nations in how much they benefited from this revolution, dropping advanced and sophisticated, rich and powerful actor. In countries which have taken advanced science and technology slogan used to discredit the bounties of developing countries, and the means used are new and innovative is not the counterparty earlier era. In addition, societies today live on a number of levels a lot of competition and rivalry and collision due to differences in the interests of individuals and peoples before, and are used in order to reach the goals in such areas a lot of effort and heavy time 's abundant and large amounts of money.…
The innovation of technology over the past decade or so has changed culture and tradition. There are two ways to look at it. Has technology provided the undeveloped countries benefits to society or has it created negativity? The answer to that question would merely be that, it varies from undeveloped to developed countries. Technology does not have the same effect on undeveloped and developed countries as it does on 3rd world countries. Without education on how to use the technology given, there’s no purpose to technology within undeveloped areas. Technology has advanced the world in numerous ways, and it can only continue to further us…