Ch1 Prologue

My father is islamic so i learned about islamic religions from being with him. The net worth of their faith Mecca being the birthplace and holy place where a huge prayer is help during Hajj Muhammad being their seminal thinker spreading the word of Islam and the creator of the Quran; a book on the rules and understanding of the Islamic faith. Five Pillars in the Islamic faith that the people listen and follow  It grew and became the largest growing religion that would continue to challenge christianity 

Confucius and some may believe buddha seminal thinkers at the time  Chinas advances entering their golden age during Europes dark times Confucius was beneficial to the people who help power, if you didn't it really did not affect you in a positive way Career were more based on talent not social class or how you viewed This made it a even playing ground for anyone not just wealthily, government official or military Making it easier for people to run for positions they wanted instead of jobs they were forced to take Chinas advances through the time of deep despair and sorrow china learned to grab on to their faith and move through in comparison to Japan and Korea. 

SAND ROAD Connected North Africa to the  Mediterranean  world and trade routes Camel was turning point in means of transportation and trade political structure built off south and east Africa trade route SILK ROAD disease from Eurasia traveled the route bringing nothing but deadly disease Silk being the biggest traded in the Eurasians nation  Biggest trade route into and out of central asia SEA ROAD Vast trading route around the world  Sea created trade routes like connecting peoples all across the Eastern seaboard  Phoenicians Greeks and Romans The Mediterranean Sea had been an Avenue of wartime commerce throughout the region, a pattern that continued during the third wave era.  Indian Ocean worlds largest sea based system of trade and communication connecting souther China to easter Africa. 

Africa had a flourishing nation. Their tools and weapons later would help their nation's economy and military. Africa lacked its diversity of domestic animals that was later brought by the Eurasian nations. Africa seems to always be misunderstood as a poor rural area a place that has not moved up with its economy and area and national resources. We see Africa split up by nations and not a whole as they saw Egypts urbanization art, agriculture, math and skill in physics and geometry

Exam system was created nationwide  Entry into the civil service was based on passing a difficult exam on the Confucian classics All Males  only those with access to enough wealth to spend time studying for the exam would succeed system favored the wealthy as poorer people didn't have the funds to study the test due to work or other reasons  Lower class would have to pay the maintenance of the military and labor of the state They would have to pay rent and certain taxes to be allow to occupy the space of the conquering land  most Indians saw and utilized  the caste division of society. Split into four groups as natural consequence of the world making up the body of Purusha the god The "Untouchables" had the worst dirtiest occupying jobs (11) The 3 P's Purity, pollution, and privilege The system was obsessed with ideas of elite purity and lower caste pollution

Q: How does the Epic of Gilgamesh portray the gods and their relation to humankind? gods gave him a perfect body, Shamash the glorious sun endowed him with beauty Adad the god of storm endowed him courage the great gods made his beauty perfect, surpassing all others, terrifying like a great wild bull Made him two-thirds god one-third man He was seen as arrogant to the people of Uruk His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warriors daughter nor the wife of the noble  But he is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute The father of the gods gave him kingship, power to bind and loose to be the darkness and light of the people  Victory in battle where most wont come back from lovely   supremacy over the people  The gods give humankind protectors with the power to make their own decision whither good or bad  they who had stood in the place of the gods like Anu and Enlil, stood now like servants to fetch baked meats in the h...