Discussion Board #1 – Features of the Modern World, Assessments of Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadores
In Topic #1, we covered features of the modern world and the origins and events of the Age of Exploration. For Discussion Board #1, you will write for ten (10) points. After your initial post answering questions, you will enter the Discussion Board forum. The Here are the questions for this forum:
1) In the first online lecture, we covered some of the general features and characteristics and themes that define modernity. We examined modern features like globalization, modern politics, modern technology/science, modern thought, modern art, etc. anything in our world that follows after the word modern. What additional features and observations do you believe characterizes the modern world? What would you like to include and why? For you, what are the main themes and storylines of modern history?
2) As one of the pivotal shapers of modern history, Christopher Columbus has generated many if not controversial views on his overall historical legacy. For instance, in the 19th century, Columbus was seen as heroic and visionary, the brave intrepid explorer who crossed the Atlantic and brought the Americas to the attention of Europe. This subsequently brought European colonization, eventual new nations, and future globalization, ending the isolated and fragmented pre-modern world. However, in the late 20th and early 21st century, views of Columbus dramatically shifted to seeing him as a villain, a destroyer, and invader, someone who brought more harm than good. Destruction of Native American peoples and the inception of African slavery in the Americas are referenced as the more destructive consequences of Columbus 1492 arrival.
With these interpretations in mind, write a post addressing one of these two questions or you may combine both:
a) How do we assess Columbus chief historical legacy? Should we judge his actions based on the values and attitudes of his time (15th and 16th centuries)? Or should we assess his actions on how we feel about him today, through the lens of our current values, feelings and attitudes? This question of course plays into the challenge that historians face when establishing criteria to assess historical figures who lived so long ago.
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