History of the world Part 1

It's a little ridiculous to consider learning in absolute detail all of the world's history within a trimester or semester. There are thousands upon thousands of years to wade through with seven continents, and an ever changing amount of countries to account for. Even if we cut back our study to the beginning of the literary age, we're still dealing with over two thousand years. If we cut out all of the people who did not form any type of literary text until recently, we can get through it a little bit easier. That's what most of us do. We bypass all the oral cultures (which are hard to work with) in order to press forward with text.

But that would be easy! And notice how many people we miss out on! This blog will focus on each continent and give a brief history and details of the area in order to better make our way through the mire. On this post, please focus on the continent of Australia. Tell me everything you know about it!

A way through the Mire: Understanding Cultures and Immigrants

The United States is a multinational multitude of people, places, and things. It is no surprise to see the variety of people in the US and similar countries to it. It is interesting to note, however, that almost every country in the world (minus a few of the most remote and isolated) has cultural diversity. Korea, Russia, China, Australia, Canada, France, Mexico... it's hard to make a way through the mire of culture nowadays! Who's who, and where are they from??

As this blog begins to explore world history, I would like everyone to initially comment on where their family is from and how they came to be where they are now. I'll start...

My father is 100% German. They are so German, that I still have cousins living in Germany! My mother's side is different. Her father (my maternal grandfather) is 100% German, but my maternal grandmother is only 50% German. Her other 50% is mainly Irish (40%) but with a hodgepodge of Swiss, English, Romanian, and several other smaller Eastern European countries.

My father's grandfather immigrated to the United States near the beginning of the 20th century for unknown reasons. My mother's grandparent's moved to the United States shortly after the potato famine at the end of 19th century. My grandmother, however, ferverently claims that the famine was not the reason for the move.

See? That's not too hard! Add a funny back history story about family if you want, because really history is nothing more than his (or her) story.

Make good choices!!