Modern World Final

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  1. Hi, my name is Angie and my modern world final project,
  2. I decided to focus on the dominant theme.
  3. And new truths and knowledge is
  4. personally I believe that the search for new truths
  5. and knowledge is is what shaped our world today.
  6. If it wasn't for people constantly questioning and
  7. seeking more than what they already had,
  8. we would not be where we are now.
  9. The search for new truths and knowledge is could be explained as
  10. an individual or a group of people seeking to learn and explore more and ultimately
  11. questioning ideas to gather further knowledge and
  12. expand their way of thinking and or living
  13. throughout our course,
  14. we can very clearly see how hungry people were to know more about
  15. the world and how eager they were to explore and gather new truths.
  16. The search for new truths and knowledge is has been
  17. around for a very long time and it comes from within
  18. for example,
  19. we have Christopher columbus who came upon the Americas
  20. and his journey was the beginning of colonization,
  21. the beginning of something greater for the people who traveled here for a new life
  22. Ferdinand Magellan who studied map making and navigation as a boy and later led a
  23. voyage across the pacific ocean and organized
  24. a spanish expedition to the East Indies,
  25. not just Conquistadors,
  26. but individuals who continue to stand up against the
  27. norm and seek more equality and justice for themselves.
  28. For example, the Black Lives Matter movement, the L G. B. T. Q plus community
  29. and before us, the civil rights movement and women's liberation movement.
  30. A european interaction with our dominant theme would
  31. be european nations coming to the Americas in
  32. hopes of getting better opportunities here and wanting
  33. more for themselves than they had back home.
  34. This interaction still shapes us to this day because of this way.
  35. This new discovery came about
  36. colonization brought in a lot of people and promised a lot while eliminating
  37. those that were on the land and pushing them to the side.
  38. Not only did they receive unjust treatment,
  39. but the Europeans brought lots of disease with them
  40. that killed off a lot of the native american population
  41. and also tried to forcefully assimilate them
  42. into the european culture, although they were coming onto their land.
  43. Other global experiences that spark change would be the enlightenment which
  44. encouraged people to help create better societies and people as a whole
  45. and encouraged individualism and separation from the church.
  46. The scientific revolution offered drastic change in scientific thought,
  47. including the development and biology, Chemistry, mathematics and physics
  48. and finally the golden age of islam.
  49. That encouraged the trade and exchange of ideas.
  50. The reading of lots of books and scientific discoveries.
  51. It was a very scholarly time.
  52. The connection between new truths acknowledges can still be seen today.
  53. The search for new truths acknowledges is the reason
  54. that we are as developed as we are now
  55. people searching for more.
  56. Lead us to the events that otherwise would not have happened.
  57. Think about women being able to vote, marriage equality,
  58. girls rights to education upon Many others
  59. Not only have movements changed our life, but also new inventions,
  60. for example, the clock, the printing press, the lightbulb, new medication.
  61. They all came from someone seeking new truths and expanding their knowledge.
  62. The first source I will be talking about is la historia medicinal by Nicholas.
  63. Menards.
  64. Menards studied medicine and focused on
  65. trading within the colonies across the atlantic
  66. and la historia medicinal. He talks about finding new land with this newfound land.
  67. There were newfound resources.
  68. What he had found was plants
  69. and he worked with those plants to create medicine and
  70. was actually able to cure a local illness back home.
  71. This demonstrates the dominant theme
  72. because it shows him going out and exploring and
  73. taking these resources to make something out of them.
  74. Menards was seeking new truths and trying to make a medicine out of plants
  75. and that he found and was successful.
  76. The autobiography by Carolina Erazo is a good example
  77. because it shows an individual seeking more for herself.
  78. All she knew was this unjust treatment that women received and she craved more.
  79. Catalina escapes and turns herself into a man and is able to see the
  80. difference in generals and explores what it is like to be a man.
  81. She says.
  82. I revealed myself to the bishop and told him senor all of this,
  83. that I have told you in truth is not so
  84. the truth is this I am a woman.
  85. This demonstrates the search for new truths because all she knew was a treatment
  86. that the women received and went out and looked
  87. for more because she wanted that for herself.
  88. Heart of Darkness is a good example of our dominant theme because it shows
  89. Western colonialism and them searching for more and trying to find no resources.
  90. The search for new truths can be seen as bad,
  91. seeking new truths and knowledge is led us to where we are today, but at what cost
  92. in Heart of Darkness,
  93. we can see mr kurtz exploiting the land and taking all the resources he can from the
  94. It reads
  95. the belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary.
  96. Men alone are quite capable of every
  97. wickedness.
  98. He is stripping them from all that they have and with no regard.
  99. We can see the treatment that the natives are enduring and
  100. being left with nothing for the benefit of the others.
  101. Lastly, I think that Christopher columbus is letter to King Ferdinand and of Spain,
  102. describing the results of the first voyage
  103. is a very good example of the search for
  104. the truth and knowledge is he is writing him from
  105. the Americas back to Spain and is encouraging for
  106. him to come on over and start creating colonies.
  107. He says,
  108. to speak in conclusion only of what has been done during this hurried voyage.
  109. Their highness will see that I can give them as much gold as a desire
  110. if they give me a little assistance,
  111. he is boosting about the new resources that he has found,
  112. and what could be if he were to come and take advantage of them.
  113. The search for new truth acknowledges can be seen can be
  114. seen from the earliest of times and still to this day,
  115. and, I believe, is one of the main reasons we are as evolved as we are now.