Course Video

Nicole LancasterOctober 10, 2010

Genghis Khan• Civilized, heroic man • Conquered double the

territory of any other leader in history

• In Khan army each soldier was good at shooting arrows and riding a horse

Genghis Khan Battles

The Columbian Exchange

• Known as the Grand Exchange

• Exchange of agricultural goods, catchable diseases, labor of slaves

• The diseases brought to the New World killed a lot of people during the Columbian exchange

The Columbian Exchange

The Mughals

• Muslim empire of India • Founded by Babur in 1526• Babur’s grandson, Akbar was the greatest ruler of the

empire • Dominant force of the Indian Subcontinent

The Mughals

Akbar

Little Ice Age

• Cold weather hit in 1560 and had a devastating impact on agriculture , economy, emigration, health and social life.

• Malnutrition led to influenza which killed many families in 1557

Little Ice Age 1500’s

Journey of Man

• Tracing Y chromosomes to early humans in history using DNA

• The migration consisted of traces of dark skinned people

• The author states that all humans alive today descended from a single man who had lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago.

Journey of Man

Conquistadors

• Spanish word for conqueror• Europeans were first to to settle and conqueror

the native peoples in Latin America• Wanted the natives to convert to Christianity • 1501, Spain legalized

intermarriage to

encourage soldiers to live and settle in the

New World

Conquistadors

Guns, Germs, and Steel

• Questions why Europeans ended up with guns rather than the Native Americans or Africans.

• Shows how few countries became more technological advance rather than others

• In the beginning on time the nomadic tribes gathers food while migrating. They spread there seeds for the growth of crops for a source of food to able them to make a place home permanently

• Explains why civilizations continue through hisotry and others do not

Guns, Germs, and Steel