WW- 11,12,13
Ch11
I could write my RA#1 on: Christianity vs. Islam, but that would be a heated paper and much longer than three pages, plus my answer would be biased for Christianity. So I wasn’t very interested in this chapter, to be honest. I understand that there needs to be knowledge of Islam, but because of my religious practice and what I believe, I don’t believe in Islam. So my attention span wasn’t very high. Sorry. I can fully say, that I do not want my husband to have four wives. How sad. I feel like it makes adultery okay, even though Islam doesn’t view it that way. “ Woman were expected to enjoy sexual satisfaction and could sue for divorce if they had not had sexual relations for more than four months” (Strayer, page 315). I found this statement very interesting. I was raised that sex, cant be the cement for a relationship. A relationship has its ups and downs- emotionally and sexually, to have a marriage work their needs to be substance, common ground, goals, interests, etc. BUT in Islam if a woman doesn’t feel satisfied sexually she can leave- I can imagine she might feel sexually frustrated because her husband is not just “sleeping” with her but three other ladies. “ Men were, however, permitted to have sexual relations with consenting females slaves, but any children born of those unions were free, as was the mother once her owner dies. Furthermore, men were strongly encouraged to marry orphans, widows, and slaves” (Strayer, page 315). If a man married a slave, could she still divorce him, if she wasn’t happy sexually? Or was she still his slave? Okay, Okay, enough about that, I think I could go on forever about this issue. Reading the rest of the chapter was just repetitive. Yes we know that Mohammad was the messenger for the Quran. Just like Moses was for God when he sent the Ten Commandments. Both religions were said to not have any god before their own, Allah or Jesus. When rules are set they aren’t to be taken lightly. If they are broken there isn’t just spiritual turmoil, but also worldly punishments because a person cannot kill someone nothing happen.
Ch12
Pastoral nomads/ societies were less productive than agriculture societies. They needed more land because they were dependent on horses, sheep, goats, and other animals. Their society/ group was smaller they accepted other people who weren’t related because they were all mostly related by the same male bloodline. Women didn’t have restrictions as they did in other groups, or not as many, they even went to war was it was necessary. Pastoral societies were mostly in Eurasia and sub- Saharan Africa because there was so much land to raise the cattle. The Masai of East Africa (Kenya) had some agriculture before the eighteen and nineteen century and were dependent on hunters and farmers. “ Mongol Empire was the strongest empire of its time with a population of 700,000” (Strayer, Page 342). I was greatly disturbed when during war, if a citizen was “unskilled in war he/she would serve as human shields for attacks on the next city or were used as human fill in the moats surrounding those cities (Strayer,Page 347). If I was in their “society” I would be training everyday to make sure I wasn’t going to be used as “protection.” From my understanding, they would go from city to city, conquer it and take its money and goods. That is how they became so wealthy and were able to wear fine clothing. Mongol was able to conquer China, both north and south, and even unified them. The war for the north was much more violent than it was for the south.
CH. 13
We can say that societies grew because they learned from groups. I believe it is human nature to want to progress and now stay the same. If things don’t change life is boring. In the 15th century people where living in more civilized communities. People were traveling; Christopher Columbus, found American by accident. I also find it ironic that it isn’t until children are older that they really learn who he is, and he wasn’t that great of a guy. Why sugarcoat things? Religion was being more powerful, communities need spiritual guidance; Aztec looked towards Shamans for wisdom. Societies all over the world have come a long way, even though it has been a long road, everyone is learning that to have a community every person needs to have a special role. I just wish we could make more items in the States and not every item we buy says “Made in China.” HAHA
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