Chapter Ten was a focus on the religious belief of Christianity that spread through multiple civilizations. A Chinese women speaks about her experience in finding faith in Christianity due to the affair her husband was having and it allowed her to find peace. This was rather remarkable because there are many women out there going through the same thing and with the help from God they to can find help.
 In Egypt Christianity became the major religious belief and was practiced daily.  Crusaders from Europe and Mongol invaders had threatened Egypt, which led to destruction of churches and due to the fear many switched over to the Islamic beliefs. For the very few strong believers they moved away from the main lands and continued their practice. They were dedicated to Christianity, That's awesome!
 Religion has always been a huge part of discrimination to many people and countries. Many people believe in different gods and practice different traditions but no one should be punished or discriminated for it.  It's empowering to read about the Christian beliefs and the hatred towards it because today many people are strong believers and continue to be.  In many human lives it can take one bad experience to help them find salvation no matter their background or race, that is the beauty of any religious belief.

Chapter Seven was very informative on how many civilizations interacted with one another, which allowed many of their cultures to exist in today's society.  Trading was important in the first civilizations because it was a way to sell goods for different goods.  Today we purchase goods for money, but it is still very similar to trading. One good for another. Culture, religion, technology, diseases, plants and animals have are some of the most significant outcomes of the third-wave civilization. Silk roads were created to help transport goods from China, India, Middle East, Siberia, Central Asia and the Mediterranean basin, most of the time it was very dangerous. It makes me appreciate the hard work that was done by the beginning eras because it is apart of how our society became to be.  Fashion, foods, tools, languages, agriculture, writing, technology are all qualities we have from the first civilizations and it is amazing to see how history has evolved throughout the years.  Also its incredible to know that the world is still improving and creating new things and with more time to come there will be an even bigger change.

The beginning of the common era generated a total population of 250 million people, which has multiplied throughout the years.  Eurasia was home to many of these people a long with Africa, but there were many differences between the two.  Africa was bisected near the equator and due to the warm weather it caused poorer fertile soil and less productive agriculture unlike in Eurasia.
Mesoamerica and the Andes were also a set of civilizations during the common era and they housed the vast majority of the American population.  In Mesoamerica people shared an agricultural technology to raising crops, practiced religion, and human sacrifices. Human sacrifices sounds outrages because if that were done today someone would be facing life in prison. It's interesting to learn about the different eras and the beliefs these civilizations had because with time the world has definitely changed.

It amazed me to read chapter 5 and learn about the different social classes and how men were seen to be the only ones to contain power.  It's so sad to hear that people known as the "untouchable" were treated so little, almost as if they didn't exist.  The Hammurabi law code was also very shocking how slavery became a practice to different societies.  Slavery still exist in our society today.  The president, body guards, working families we all are slaves to something in our life.
In China women weren't given a voice they were expected to follow the "three obediences" ranked by, her father, her husband, and her son. I enjoy the fact that women today have a voice, we are able to make our own decisions and many don't need a man to get things done.  Similar to the Spartans women had the authority over the household. The world has changed so much overtime, and lets not forget we have a woman running for president !