History, Science, and Trade

Channing Shattuck

 What Is History?

History is essentially the human story for what occurred in the past.

Humans will believe unintentional or deliberate lies if we have an emotional reason for doing so.

Unfortunately, any story can be emphasized, edited, falsified, or fictionalized.

There is no one interpretation of a fact that is the Only Interpretation.

 What Is History?

We see what our knowledge tells us we see When our knowledge changes, our universe

changes Our version is the best there is (as everyone

else thinks) We use geometry and reason to come to

rationale. We all compromise so that we may have order

from chaos.

The Journey of Man

Spencer Wells has concluded that all humans alive today have descended from a single human.

Scientists are conflicting on the origin of man. Changes in sun exposure and location led to a

gradual change in appearance. While different disciplines disagree on the

exact timing, they all help us learn more about our ancestors.

The Journey of Man

Blood holds the biological story of mankind.

Mankind started in Africa, and Spencer tracks it down to a single bushmen tribe.

There was a sudden explosion of intelligence in mankind nearly 70,000 years ago.

Africans traveled to Australia using the coastline.

Catastrophe

Mankind’s existence has been changed multiple times when subjected to a catastrophe.

A major event happened that blotted out the sun for a long period of time globally.

Scientists were puzzled to know if it was caused by a meteor, comet, or volcano

History of ancient civilizations, when similar can point to the truths of the past.

Catastrophe

The plague was disastrous to the human population

Plague outbreaks are strongly related to geological catastrophes.

Epidemics change the population because they weed out those who cannot survive.

Religious and Political changes were spurred by such disasters.

There are many disciplines of science that can help determine what really happened.

Changing Interpretations of America's Past

The Amazon was though to be an inhabitable place due to its hostile environment.

Settlements have been found that show a complex society.

Ultimately, disease carried by Europeans killed off these civilizations.

The Amazon is a hugely unresearched and undiscovered place.

Changing Interpretations of America's Past

The Pilgrims were not the first to arrive in the Americas.

Scores of Indians died from diseases carried by the Europeans.

America may used to have been thriving with Indians.

Corn was an extremely adaptable and life saving crop that originated in the Americas.

Many scientists believe Indians had a far more greater effect on the land then previously thought.

The World & Trade

In Columbus’ time, people realized the earth was round.

Norse settlers were probably the first to discover the Americas.

Muslim at this time was the reigning religion.

Religions were in constant conflict as they tried to gain more followers.

Many explorers exaggerated the wealth of the Americas.

The World & Trade

Trade is the one motivation that brings all sorts of cultures together.

Trade firms stretched all over. Trade caused many conflicts and battles. Drugs had noble beginnings, being a common

item to trade. Indians traded all the time. Potatoes were important crops as they were

dexterous and adaptable. Chocolate was a food in constant trade as well.