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Aya Moussa World History II, Andrews Research Paper 15 April 2020 A Historical Context and My Reflections on the Current COVID-19 Situation We are certainly living in unprecedented times for our generation. The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of life all over the world. I am personally doing well and thanking God for being healthy and fine. However, it is a very hard time. I feel pretty worried about my family who all live thousands of miles away in Egypt, where I am originally from. The situation there so far is better than our situation here in the United States, but I know it might get worse than now; that's why I'm afraid of it. I feel the world has changed. I know this is temporary or at least I really hope and pray for so. No one really knows what the future holds, but I still have a big hope it will get better. Meanwhile, I am doing my best to think positively and feel the blessings around me. For example, I really enjoy and am grateful fo...

2) What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires compared to other cases of imperial disintegration? -The end of Europe's African and Asian empires was associated with the mobilization of the masses around Nationalism, and they generated a plethora of nation-states. Never before had the end of empire been so closely associated with the mobilization of entire societies around a nationalist ideology. Nor had earlier cases of imperial decline generated so many new nation-states, each claiming an equal place in a world of nation-states. All new nation states claimed an equal place in a world of nation states. Distinctive things that brought African and Asian empires to and end was the rise of other states and World War I and II. 5) How did India’s nationalist movement change over time? 1) 1885: India's modern nationalist movement began with the establishment of the Indian National Congress. -The INC was made up of primarily of English-educated Ind...

The coronavirus pandemic is not the only one humanity has suffered. Spend some time for this class session learning about any other historical pandemic by doing self-guided research. What other pandemic can you find that has plagued humanity? Where did it strike? Why were people vulnerable to it? How long did it last? Did the people who experienced it learn anything from the experience / do anything differently afterwards? What were the long-term effects of it on human populations or on the planet? These questions are just to get you started I will talk about Spanish flu, the 1918 influenza pandemic. Lasting from Jan 1918 to Dec 1920. It infected 500 million people. The death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from 17  million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, behind the Black Death. It was caused by H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. It was first observed in Europe, the...

1: Fascism appeared between 1919 and 1945. It was anew political ideology, found expression across much of Europe. That was the super task for Germany in their system of fascism. Democracy was better for people and fascism was a dictatorship. Liberalism is derived from the 18th century Enlightenment. It is found on the perfectibility of humans.  Liberalism preaches peace, freedom and tolerance. Small fascist movement arose in many Western European countries including France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. It took first shape in Italy in 1870. In the early 20th century conservative landlords still dominated much of the countryside. The distinctive aspect about German fascism was that Hitler and the nazis wanted to rule the world and eliminate every single jew on earth. Fascism could have been used it for pure evil. The basis of the popular support for the nazis was Germany. 2: Fascism is a form of government that is a type of one party dictatorship. They work for totalitari...

1. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of 19th century China? In many ways China was the victim of its own earlier success. Having a huge population boom with agriculture unable to keep up. Unemployment, misery, and starvation also. China's famed centralized and bureaucracy did not grow to keep pace with the growing population, so it could not handle important problems in a good way such as tax collection, flood control, social welfare, and public security. The Taiping Uprising, which set much of the country aflame between  1850 and 1864 found an inspiration in a unique form of Christianity. 2. How did Western pressures stimulate change in China during the 19th century? China was forced to continue to import opium. 2. China had to cede Hong Kong to Britain and open a number of other ports to European merchants.3. It had to set tariffs into China at the low rate of 5 percent. British, Americans, and other western merchants had found an enormous, gro...

Hello everyone: I chose 3 questions to answer.... kindly check my answers and I will appreciate your comments. Chapter 18 talks about Colonial Encounters in Asia,Africa, and Oceania 1750-1950. 1. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character of 19th century European imperialism? 1: "The enormous productivity of industrial technology and Europe's growing affluence created the need for extensive raw materials and agricultural products found in other parts of the world", which means that the Europeans's success and productivity lead to the need of a lot of things such as raw materials, markets, and generated great wealth. 2: The industrial revolution made expansion overseas. 3: It changed also their life style and economy. 4: Nationalism was the single greatest factor that lead to imperialism. 5: Europe was in need to sell its own products, and foreign regions proved to be important markets. 6: Europeans investors found that it is ...