Madison Rambles History Again

Hello, everyone! We have reached the end of the history textbook. That means that this blog is coming to a close. It's been fun rambling on these blog posts, and I hope you enjoyed the ride as well. Luckily, this final post can end with posts about one of my favorite eras, the modern era. It's the only era where a plague happens, and you're an American playing video games from Japan and watching a show from Canada to cope. Globalization has brought many people together, but it has also separated some further from reality. Change can't happen without resistance, either justified or irrational. So let's answer some questions! This is Chapter 23 , the final chapter of the book. 3) In what ways has economic globalization more closely linked the world’s peoples? Have you ever heard of importing? Say there's a great book from Japan, and it's available on Amazon. You can buy the book straight on Amazon, with US Dollars, and get it within a couple of ...

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 ...