Blog 10: Islam

The tribes have always been important to the Arabian and Islamic nation. They made people feel welcome and part of a small community. Even though there are positive affects by having tribes, there are obvious negatives that outweigh the positives. The tribes form a separation that is hard to overcome. They often allow unqualified people in higher class tribes more authority then more qualified members of lower class tribes. That was the case with Muhammad, he was an amazing thinker and leader, but because he was in a lower tribe he was not allowed to teach his words and he was exiled from his land. If not for this social division it would have been easier from Muhammad’s teachings to spread. Even after the death of Muhammad, the tribal system caused much political strife, the Islamic people through many different leaders because of the tribal feuds.

Blog 9: India

Throughout the history of India, both the Hindus and Buddhist have lived peaceful and respectful lives. The Hindus' main belief is that there is a universal soul within every human. This soul helps them do good deeds and find their Dharma. A Dharma is the pathway to a successful reincarnation, which would lead to coming back in a higher caste. The Buddhists believed that they should live Aesthetics lives and reject excess objects. Similar to the Hindus, the Buddhist believe in Nirvana, a state of eternal peace. Mohandas Gandhi led the Indian country in a peaceful resistance. He took beliefs from both Hinduism and Buddhism to create his philosophy of life. He read the Bhagavad-Gita, and took many of the values that the Hindu text portrayed. He was a modern day example of a peaceful man, he lead hunger strikes and sit-in’s to get his message across. Instead of lifting a hand for battle, he lifted his voice in disagreement.

Blog 8: Migration

Migration can have a positive effect on both the people and the land receiving the immigrates. During the rule of Genghis Khan the Mongols would win a battle, take the losing army's riches and assimilate them into their empire. This caused the Mongol's army to become much larger and threatening. As well, the Mongols became more rounded in arts, religion, and many other important aspects of life. Many ancient empires excelled because they had immigrants do their dirty work. There are many examples of slaves and servants who did the work that most citizens would be too proud to do. Even in modern America, we excel because we have foreigners do the grunt work that we would not stoop down to do. Immigrants clean up after us, tend to our fields, and work in our factories. Without immigrants, our economy would not grow at the amazing rate that it does.