Where were the people going?

The cold war proved a turning point in population due to the terror between countries that affected people's lives, and new opportunities created for different people such as women. The cold war included many frightening images and events including the rise of communism, the rise of new nations, the tension between militaries, and the space race. During the cold war the economic competition between the Soviet Union (Satellite States) and the United States (Western World) proved to be a major scare for other countries. With WWII ending, people were tired and concerned of the thought of falling back into war again. Though with the conflict between the major countries, this wasn’t an assuring thought.

As the two powerful powers began their rise, neighboring countries felt dreaded and tried to keep themselves out of the conflicts. The terror could be felt everywhere, and people were preparing themselves for the worst. The missile crisis in Cuba proved to be the closets the world has come to nuclear war. This thought frightened people in many areas in the world. This caused many people to travel around the world. People were in terror and frightened by the thought of war again. As well as the rise of powers and communism began, people wanted freedom. Both the space race and nuclear arms race frightened people, they felt that they were in danger at all times. Due to these reasons people felt the need to travel around in order to stay safe. On the other hand people traveled around the country due to jobs (this can be a job in the military). The dread and fear of nuclear war made many civilians move around.

Though cold war was a though time full of fears there were new opportunities that were created for different people. These opportunities included jobs for women, new rights, and more freedom. The cold war went through 1946-1991, throughout this period countries such as the major powers needed new workers to build the arms for the race. Women got more rights and were able to start working and help support the family. During this period women got a chance to rise and peruse their rights. The Soviets on the other hand questioned the United States on their motto. The United States stands as a capitalist and believe that they had freedom and equal rights in their country. This made the Soviet Union question their status, as the US did not allow voting for African-Americans or slaves. The United States was to rethink their rights after this comment. As the US changed their rights and more and more people got the chance to experience freedom, people began to travel. Due to the rights and jobs that were created throughout the world people began to shift and move around. Jobs were an important aspect, and were a main interest when moving. As well as rights that people got in different countries, and the security they were given.

People in this period were migrating to other countries due to many reasons. Though this two are sample reasons there are more such as; food, wages, prices, income, and so on. All these factors played a role during this time. People wanted to be safe and overcome the fear of war again. It was a hard time moving on from the two world wars. People were in fear and ready to move around to a better place. This caused the demographic shifts during the cold war.

Here are some sites you can check out more about the cold war itself:
http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war

Mongols, why were they so powerful?

During a time the Mongols played a big role in our world that we live on today. They migrated around the Middle East, Russia, China and Korea during 1200 – 1500 CE. The Mongols were an empire known to be one of the biggest continuing empires. The Mongols were made from tribes, which were bought together under the rule of Ghengis Khan. He was the ruler who wanted to invade and spread the empire into many parts of Europe and Asia. The Mongols used to migrate to wherever the empire won land. The Mongols moved a lot as they were nomads. They would move around in search of work and money.

The Mongolians were a powerful empire, extending their territory through Europe and Asia. In addition they used some trade routes to help win territory. In 1260 the Ghengis Khan empire divided into four parts. They were known as the Golden Horde Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Yuan dynasty. Below is a picture of the empires divided accordingly to the leaders who conquered the land. 

The Mongols military setup was different from others. Not only was it strong and powerful, but the people were determined to fight for anything. Their setup was simple and strong. The Mongolian army fought through Europe and Asia as well as the hard battle in China. Under the rule of Genghis Khan, traders on the Silk Road would provide him with information from the neighboring countries making it easier for the military to fight into another country. The mongols were able to expand their territory throughout the nearby places in those years (Mongols expansion through time). 

Their hard conquest into china, as well as the disputes over succession all left an effect of how the Mongols were shaped. The Mongols were build to last. But when Genghis Khan died and the empire was based on ruins and empty places, their fall began. Though some say the Mongols did not “fall” but rather broke up. Some say the Mongols broke up due to the leaders who died and how they detached after terrorizing Europe as well as their power struggles.

Their impact left a lasting legacy as the empire was known for many things. The Mongols have left many effects on today’s world. They were one of the largest empire in history, well organized and believed in military and conquests. Their invasions were purely based mass destruction, determination, and mass destruction. They developed a writing system, which is still used today and has impacted some countries writing. The Mongols were also one of the firsts to start using paper money, which impacts our daily lives today. Many of their military techniques influences today’s armies. As well as tax systems and different ways of credit also was influenced by the Mongols.

Here is a video (part one) of the mongols. The video outlines the rise and falls and everything the empire went through till the end. There are 5 parts to the video, each 10 minutes long. Parts 1 and 3 outline the difficulties and rise and falls of the Mongols themselves. I hope this video helped! 

Enjoy

Maldives, a growing country.

This is a video I'm really excited to share, as it is one of my first I apologize for the bad quality. This video sums up the way turism has affected the country. It also talks about Maldives being one of the LDC (least developed countries), and how it's moving itself upwards. 

Here are some links to the sites: 

Everything about Maldives itself

Maldives Government 

Population Pyramid of Maldives 

Enjoy!

Flood crisis- Is there a way out?

Thailand’s flood crisis may be one of the most important issues at hand these days. Not only are people alarmed everyday by the news, but the fear of water gushing into your house is rather frightening. Flood prevention walls have been build throughout Thailand’s districts in order to reduce the citizens fears. People have been stacking their houses with sandbags, food, and day-to-day supplies. Thailand’s flood crisis, is one of it’s worst since 50 years. Not only have there been over 300 deaths but the numbers are rising day by day. Now with areas such as Donmueng and Rangsit flooded people are panicking. With the government’s indecisive answers to the public, people fear the worst. Grocery stores such as Lotus, Big C, and 24 hour shops, have sold out their main goods such as water and food.

People’s main concern is food, water, and survival supplies. Though the heart of Thailand, Bangkok, is safe, people are aware of it’s dangers. People have been traveling to unaffected areas such as Pattaya, Khao Yai, and Hua Hin. This danger and fight for survival is rather terrifying. People moving and stacking their house with goods causes lack of resources. If people realize the lack of recourses this may cause a sudden panic for the country. Grocery stores are lacking water and food. People all around Thailand have supplied themselves with the needs and wants in case of floods. As stores such as 711 are running out, the main concern is giving Thai people the supplies they need. Though this may seem as a big issue, there are others such as sanitation. Sanitation is a big issue at hand. The water affecting the people comes through the canals. As these canals are rather dirty and have a sickening smell, being surrounded by it is not fun. As far as this issue goes, sanitation will cause medical problems and new diseases.

Now people may ask why. How did Thailand get all this water? Through the years Thailand has collected water for agriculture. Which were stored in these dams throughout the country. Throughout this year the monsoons and rains has given Thailand one of the biggest rainfalls ever. With that, the dams became more filled. Now that the dams have been broken due to the storage, floods have occurred. All there’s left to wonder is “Who’s really here to blame?”

Now with the American troops being fired off by the government, Thailand is left on it’s own. The question concerning ‘how far the flood will go’ still remains a mystery. It is in our hand’s to save ourselves first, and if it’s satisfying enough stocking your home up with food and sandbags is all you can do. In the mean time you can secure your house and leave the area. The best way to keep yourself safe is to always have an emergency medical kit with you and have water and food at home. If there have been warnings of water leave the area or move everything up to the second floor. As this flooding crisis may be rather daunting, being safe is important.

Our World Today

As I was reading through the article called “7 billion” that my history teacher gave me, I came up with 10 most important facts/points about the article. Reading the article was rather integrating as most of the story focused on the population and natural resources in our daily lives. It made me think about the impacts that I leave behind everyday. As overpopulation is a rather global issue, I think we all should take part and do every little thing we can. Here is a summary of the top 10 most interesting things I found in the article:

10. Natural resources- as more and more natural resources are used to support our enormous population the world itself is struggling with natural disasters. The growing population needs a huge amount of natural resources to produce enough food/goods for the world.

9. Third world countries- have the highest birth rates. This is because of the lack of education, recourses, and medicine. The increase of birth rates in slums and not fully developed countries is a huge issue to tackle.

8. One child policy- in China has a huge impact on the overall world population today. As china is one of the major populated countries in the world the one child policy has lessened the birth rate by a huge amount. Not only are the numbers now lessened by almost half but also the people are using fewer resources, leaving them for the next generations.

7. Medicine- this is a huge affect of why the population is growing today. With medicine people are allowed to live longer. This causes an increase in population. People are now living longer and relied on medicine. This is a huge issue and answer to why today’s growth in population is increasing by the second.

6. The middle class- will increase in population. The cause of this is because nowadays people have a bigger chance to work themselves into the middle class. With this opportunity the people are allowed to have more kids as they have enough money to support them. By this we will gain a huge number in population. 

5. Decreasing natural recourses- as population grows natural resources are decreasing. This means goods and needs such as food and water will be lacking. This is a major concern to people, as our daily needs for survival will be lacking and people will be starving even more. This is a huge issue. In order to control our natural resources people will need to tackle the issue about overpopulation.

4. Science- is one of the major causes for over population. As people rely more on technology there is a huge cause for more people. Now that we can find an answer to everything using technology people are allowed to have more kids and live longer. When families live longer the population grows and people are allowed to make more kids

3. Immigrants move cities- this causes people to not be able to have enough resources in one area. As people move and immigrant’s travel, they usually travel in a huge train/bus/boat/etc this gives people a bigger chance to move to another place together and using more resources in that area. This causes the area to get limited amounts of goods as the area was once only for 100,000 people, now it has to take care of 200,000 people. This changes the role of everything in that part/area.

2. Education for women- would give them the opportunity to get educated and learn to establish their own lifestyles. With this opportunity women will be able to build their own family. The cause of overpopulation in many areas are factors of uneducated women. Women should be educated and taught about the importance of building and deciding on a family.  

1. The increase of population- will endanger us all. The issue cannot be changed immediately but can be taken into consideration. Changing today will affect the future generations and build a better world. But if we do not take action and teach this generation about the issue at hand, further generations might ignore all these problems and end up even more endangered than before. 

Does Something Really Stay Forever?

As I scrolled through “100 Blog Topics I Hope You Write” I came across number 83 and instantly stopped . “Letting go” it said. This immediately caught my eye, this little phrase that was standing there meant so much. It was totally different than other topics such as “Write about media” or “Books I want to write”. As I googled “Letting go” pictures, quotes, and essays came up. They were all related to letting go of something special or lyrics to sad songs. We don’t really realize the words we say and how much they actually mean. “Letting go” can mean so much, from the simplest things to the most complicated situations in life. We all remember as kids when “Letting go” was just not getting candy or trying to let go of a crayon our friend stole. But as we grow this phrase seems to appear more and more. We let go of people, memories, and things we thought we’d keep forever. “Letting go” can be from the thrill of bungee jumping to the heartbreaks we suffer from. But can we actually really let go? I believe in some cases “Letting go” is just a physical thing, but in depth it’s rather more sophisticated. Can we really let go of memories and people? Can we really move on from things or are we just stuck in this moment. How do we really let go? Letting go physically is different from letting go mentally. The physical part of letting go is rather easy, once you tell yourself you let go, its gone, done and finished. But emotionally letting go, why is this so complex? When we set our minds up for something, we hope, we trust, we look forward to things. But can we even really let go of a past person or memory? People come and go in life, but thing’s tend to stay and it’s how each and every one of us deals with it. From letting go of the most difficult break ups, to losing the closest people in your life. “Letting go” is just one of the toughest things in life. So why do we really let go in life? I think that “Letting go” is just another new chapter, another new perspective, a chance to learn and understand. It’s a way we all connect, everyone has to let go of something in life. If it’s not the crayon maybe a friend moving away, or losing someone you love. It’s how we all deal with it that makes us different. At the end we are all humans, we all have different perspectives on things. But after all we let go of many things. It’s these things in life that shape our personalities and how we look at things. We all have emotions, wants, and needs. It just depends on the decisions we make and how we deal with everything that life throws at us. “Letting go” can be just another way of saying “I’m strong enough to move forward”.