I feel that this world history class gave me a much broader perspective about how all parts of the world have interacted with each other over the course of time. Though I took a Western Civilization class, it only gave me a European perspective and not world wide perspective on things. It really only covered history from the time of the Romans to the present. I found it very interesting to go back to the beginning of homo sapiens. I especially like the way Robert Strayer compared the development of different cultures and religions within each chapter. This was true in Chapters 10 and 11 when he compared the development of Christianity and Islam. In Chapter 4, Strayer compared The Roman and Chinese Empires. In Fact, throughout the book, he compared the development of different parts of the world in a parallel way. This helped me understand how events in one part of the world affected the development on another part of the world. I would say that the European colonization of Africa in the 19th century is a Prime example of past decisions having continued repercussions in the world today. When European countries colonized Africa, they basically destroyed Africa's ability to evolve normally. Worse, when they left these African colonies, they had nothing in place to help these colonies form any kind of government which lead to corruption and tyranny, some of which still continues today. The Atlantic revolutions also had a longterm affect on historical events. For example, abolition of slavery in America and women's suffrage can be traced back to These revolutions. Even today, the Occupy movement and Arab Spring movement can be traced back to the Atlantic revolutions since these represent a yearning for freedom and escape from tyranny, even economic tyranny as exhibited by the banking industry. There were several classroom activities I found entertaining and informative. The reading of "Gilgamesh" and it's interpretation was interesting. The debate about the Mogul Empire helped me see a different perspective about what actually defines an empire. I appreciated the way this class added a "social justice" component to our learning. This occurred in several ways but the most effective was our project regarding the Circassians in Russia. It made me think of all the cultures that have been marginalized and even destroyed by stronger nations. Our final project also helped reinforce the social justice aspect of history and put it in a current perspective. Whether dealing with same-sex marriage, the current sex-trade industry or the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, these all have roots dating back to the Atlantic revolutions. If there was one project I struggled with, it was the project about the Kelp Road and whether Polynesians arrived in South America before Europeans. I wasn't able to interpret the information in the packet given to us well enough to make an informed argument either way. Overall, however, the class met all learning outcomes in our syllabus.