Discuss the significance of the Silk Roads in facilitating the sharing of new technology. ( where the technology originated, by what means it made its way to the silk roads, and what effect it had when it arrived in a new region.)
How did the Mujahedeen, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Iranian Revolution of the 1980s reflect a twentieth-century pattern of response to western colonialism
What were the limitations of democratic reforms that were introduced in France as a result of the French Revolution? Who did not benefit from democratization?
The 19th century was a long period of peace marked by massive internal change within Europe that shaped today’s world. From that period, explain how industrialization happened, the social problems and social theories that industrialization produced, and the rising tide of nationalism and how it shaped nations like Germany and Italy. Conclude by arguing which […]
During the course, we discussed the development of technologies among indigenous peoples in America and Africa. What different trajectories did Indigenous technologies have and how they were different from Western technologies?
What different conceptualizations of the concept of gender do you know and how do they differ from each other? Can you bring concrete examples of how gender affects the development of technology and how technology affects gender?
What different conceptualizations of the concept of gender do you know and how do they differ from each other? Can you bring concrete examples of how gender affects the development of technology and how technology affects gender?
What is the difference between sex and gender? What different conceptualizations of the concept of gender do you know and how do they differ from each other? Can you bring concrete examples of how gender affects the development of technology and how technology affects gender?
There are different interpretations of the role of technology in society. Some scholars argue that technology is a separate sphere that augments human ability and helps solve real-life problems. However, it is not correct to treat them as inseparable. Others insist that human civilization starts with the emergence and subsequent evolution of technology, thus it […]
Explain the revolution in Russia that overthrew the tsar in comparison to the second revolution when the Bolsheviks came to power. Why was the first easier than the second?
