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Humanitarians,

I am so sorry about forgetting to post yesterday! We had some cat shenanigans at 3 am Monday into Tuesday and so yesterday was a bit rough for me. However, I am BACK and my self after a good night's sleep!

So Tuesday, we finished up Imperialism, for the most part. (If you weren't here on Tuesday, you do have a chapter 32 reading check you need to make up ASAP!) Things to remember about imperialism: this is the story of Europeans exploiting land, natural resources, and the people of various African, Asian, and Ocenanian (??) nations. Each European country does there thing differently; England likes indirect rule, the French rock direct rule, and who knows what the hell Belgians were doing in the Congo. Despite this, many of their motivations (resources, markets, racism) were the same and many of the outcomes were also the same. Finally, without the technological advancements that came along with the Industrial Revolution (like railroads, steamships, and telegraphs), none of these would be possible. I mean, basically up until this point Europe has been drastically behind the majority of the rest of the world; these technological advancements allow them to catch up and then overwhelm. The rest of this semester will basically be about (1) what happens when imperializing countries get salty with each other and (2) how imperialized countries get un-imperialized.

poor queen, she used to have an empire, but now just some islands

Today, we answered some questions on chapters 1-6 in Things Fall Apart, and did a TFA quickwrite (if you weren't here, you need to make this up!!). If the names are confusing you, or more importantly, the relationships are, PLEASE make a little bookmark/cheat sheet. Also, there is an index at the back if you don't know what an African thing is. 

After some TFA, we revisited China and the Ottoman Empire. When we last left them, they were on top of the world. 

But now, the are more like shivering, dying Jack and not Jack from the beginning of the movie. What WAS their Iceburg? While their are different reasons for each's downfall, you should notice internal strife and economic imperialism from Europe for both of them. We will finish with this discussion tomorrow, so come prepared.

Also for tomorrow....you have a CE over the State of the Union AND WHAP pages over Latin America due. Don't forget :)

This day in history....

• 1896: H.L. Smith took the first x-ray, a hand with a bullet in it!

• 1932: Hattie Caraway, from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the US Senate. 
  
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• 1991: A divided Congress gave President Bush the go ahead in the Persian Gulf War. This is why Mrs. Garafola and fam don't live in Saudi Arabia anymore!
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• 1998: Nineteen European countries sign an agreement banning human cloning!

And as for social media to follow....

Check "texts from your existentialist" on insta. Extra points if you understand it all! (Sooooome posts are not totally appropriate, but most are and are pretty funny). Enjoy instagram.com/textsfromyourexistentialist.

Happy Wednesday, halfway through the week!

- cbg