Madison Rambles History Again

Hello, everyone! I'm very sorry that this post is late. I had a lot of work last week, especially reading. Have you ever had to read an entire book in a week? Well, I was glad to have found the audiobook, because The Kite Runner is 300+ pages of an author struggling with his past. But now, with one of my classes already over, I have a bit more freetime to answer questions. So here's me answering three questions from the penultimate chapter. This is Chapter 22 , or the second-to-last chapter in the book. 9) Why do you think Abdul Khan is generally unknown? Where does he fit in the larger history of the twentieth century? Do you mean generally unknown worldwide? In the West? I think Abdul Khan's obscurity compared to Gandhi is an interesting thing to talk about. Abdul Khan, while peaceful, was radical. The government hated his opposition to the creation of Pakistan, even to the point of thinking he was a communist, and arrested him for his advocacy. The r...

Hello, everyone! I have something special I want to share about myself: I actually love studying outbreaks. Not really the coronavirus pandemic, as it is a more recent, depressing, out-of-control pandemic, but more obesity and AIDS. Just researching the reactions around these non-flu-like diseases is fascinating to me, like a historian reading about World War II. If the pandemic didn't have to be a historical pandemic, I would have chosen obesity or AIDS. But since those do not follow the criteria for a "historical pandemic," I will have to choose the Black Death. It was the pandemic, the one that makes the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 look like the common cold in comparison. There were many Black Death outbreaks in history. For example, the Great Plague of 1665 famously led to Cambridge University temporarily closing, leading to Isaac Newton creating calculus. But the famous one, the one everyone points to when they mention the "Black Death," happened between...

Hello, everyone! Yesterday was my birthday, where I mostly took the day off, so I am now rushing to get this post done on time. If it seems rushed, I apologize. But I don't want to be late again. Today, I'm talking about the eras of human history that everyone is both fascinated by and scared by, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Although we love to research them, some parts are uncomfortable to read, especially when reading about World War II. But today, I will be talking about those parts of human history, fascism, and the modern world. This will be Chapter 20 . Here's a brief rundown of some of the hardest moments in human history. World War I starts, known at the time as the Great War. The book claims that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the cause, but in reality, historians argue over the true cause. Britain and Germany fought along with other countries, including America and Japan on Britain's side, but it ends up being ...

Hello, everyone! Here's a post shortly after my last post because I was late on that post. I think this is the first time this has ever happened. And we're talking about China yet again! We're also talking about Japan, a country that I want to go to someday. コロナウイルスだから、私に日本に行かせてくれません。悲しいですね... (Because of the Coronavirus, [the government] won't let me go to Japan. Sad, isn't it?) So let's answer the questions! This is Chapter 19 , by the way. 1. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of 19th century China? When the population of China grows too much for China to handle, not everyone can get fed. The Chinese government cannot handle the large amount of people, so rebellions happen. Also, China could not cannot communicate with all of the different parts of the country, so corruption was bound to happen. Peasants started to be treated poorly, and taxpayers were harassed. I wouldn't be surprised if parts of China were basically anarchy, ...

Hello, everyone! Sorry I'm late. I had to recover from the shock of some bad news. To make up for this, I will do my next couple of blog posts as fast as possible. I want to get all future blog posts done on time, so I will do the readings on time from now on. This is Chapter 18 , but I will be answering the questions on my assignment. Let's do this! 2. The 19th century chart titled “European Racial Images” on page 791 depicting the so-called “Progressive Development of Man” from apes to modern Europeans, reflected the racial categories that were so prominent at the time. It also highlights the influence of Darwin’s evolutionary ideas as they were [erroneously] applied to varieties of human beings. Discuss. Oh, that chart. I won't be showing that picture, but I'm just going to say why that is wrong. First of all, races aren't a sign of evolution. They're a sign of biological adaptations based on the environment . Those with darker skin have more mela...

Hello, everyone! I don't need to explain the current situation right now, but I will say that because of it, we have all been stuck inside. I was able to go outside and draw chalk on the ground (it's to help other people cope with the situation), but I am not able to go to college. It's hard doing online classes, especially when there are distractions all over the house. But answering these questions can help ease this situation at least a little bit for me and my readers. Here are the three questions I chose to answer: 3) What was distinctive about Britain that may help explain its status as the breakthrough point of the Industrial Revolution? Britain conquered everyone, learned from other cultures, and grew from the Black Death. That sounds like a thesis statement, and that's because someone could write an entire essay on this. Multiple factors contributed to Britain leading the Industrial Revolution. After the Act of Union, Britain decided to conquer par...