World History: Civilizations Prior To The Dark Ages

World History A is made up of many different awe-inspiring civilizations, and sadly (or not sadly) most of them aren’t around today. Below is humanities’ history, so please read it and reflect on what has come and gone in our past.
Civilizations prior to the Dark Ages- The Mayans, Aztecs, and Inca were all great civilizations that knew how to chart stars, had polytheistic religions, had social hierarchy, and were all farmers/hunters.gh
The Roman Empire was a very successful empire, for a while. They had a powerful army that kept out enemies, and a good education. Julius Caesar made it into a real empire after he stole his power. Eventually he was killed by his senate, and after that the empire slowly went downhill.
The Dark Ages-
Italians traveled around and borrowed ideas from neighboring civilizations. Art, writing, literacy, and education all improved greatly during this time. The Reformation was the great split from the Catholic Church. Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses and made the Protestant Reformation, which is why we have all the different versions of Christians today.
The Age of Exploration- The time when the New World connected with the Old World was known as the Age of Exploration. The Colombian Exchange was the exchange of goods, animals, plants, etc, between the old and new worlds. For example, different crops were good things that were traded, but a bad one was Smallpox. The Americans didn’t have very good immune systems compared to the Europeans so when the Europeans came, 70-90% of the American population was wiped out. The Triangle Trade was also not very good for some reasons. Also known as the Slave Trade, it brought African Americans out of Africa and enslaved them into the Americas.
People began to think on their own, which eventually lead to the American, French and Latin American Revolutions. In the 17th and 18th centuries people started to think and solve economic, social and political problems. These new ideas kicked out Mercantilism, and Adam Smith’s Laissez Faire took its place. Humanity figured out free trade is good and tariffs are bad. One thing that helped to spread all these new ideas was the Printing Press made by Johann Gutenberg. Some main characters at this time were Thomas Hobbes who thought people were bad and need to be controlled, John Locke who thought people were good and should be given life, liberty, and property, Voltaire a French philosopher, and Rousseau who wrote “The Social Contract”.
American Revolution- The British Parliament was short on money due to the 7 Years War, so they placed the Stamp Act on the 13 Colonies. This provoked the common phrase, “No taxation without representation”. The Americans eventually won using Guerrilla Warfare, a hit and run tactic. The big change that the 13 Colonies had was a democracy and had free choice. As mentioned earlier, the Printing Press once again helped spread news of the Revolution. In 1776 America got their independence. They based it off of John Locke’s Life, Liberty, and Property (changed to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness).
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