This document provides an overview of big history from the origins of humans in Africa to modern world trade. It summarizes theories about human migration patterns out of Africa based on genetic and archaeological evidence. Major points of discussion include the catastrophes caused by volcanic eruptions in the 6th century CE, Jared Diamond's theory about advantages of certain civilizations due to geography and domesticable plants/animals, and the massive exchange of people, goods and diseases between the old and new worlds beginning in the 15th century.

1. The Way We Are Journey of Man Catastrophe BIG HISTORY By, Aaron Bacon History 140 Prof. Michael Arguello Guns, Germs, and Steel World Trade

2. BIG HISTORY. A look into the history of the human race. From what many now believe to be the beginning of the human race in Africa, to the migration and population of nearly every corner of the earth by man. Humans had to endure catastrophes, wars, and diseases. With geographical luck some civilizations thrived more than others. The following presentation is a small look at how some scientist and historians have theorized what our history looks like.

4. The documentary “The way we are” points out that the Greeks where one of the first civilizations to document the struggles for answers.

5. The way we are, also demonstrates the resiliency of the human race, and the ability to adapt to change.

6. In every culture there are some things that may never change, marrage, burial rituals, and some religious believes.

7. Humans like to have institutions, in return the institutions keep order, make laws, and in most cases resist change.The way we are

9. Wells’ findings show that the human race began in Africa, from there moved out to populate the rest of the world.

10. Wells shows that humans moved from Africa to India and on into Australia. Shortly after that, Wells show the migration path, humans took to central Asia, then into northern Asia, from there across the Bering Strait into the Americas.

12. Using the Y chromosome, scientist have traced the geographical routs in which the human race took to populate the earth.

13. Both the bible and genetics show an “Adam ”, the bible’s Adam is from 4,004 BC, and the genetic Adam lived around 60,000 years ago.

16. Speculation of the eruption of the Krakatau volcano could have been the cause of the major change throughout the world. (Multiple clues point to the eruption taking place around 535 AD. The “Book of Kings” Near Java indicates that a volcano erupted and split Java in to two. About the same time a documented record of a “Loud Bang” in south Asia near Indonesia).

17. The pyroclastic cloud caused an ice age and set the world into the dark ages.

18. The atmospheric changes could have effected the out break of the plagues that where recorded about the same time.

23. The Spaniards, led by Pizzaro, adventured into South America and were confronted by the Inca’s. In just a few hours the Spaniards killed over 7,000 Incans and captured their king, and suffered no losses.

26. From the new world came things like potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and sugar. And from the old world came wheat, horses, cattle, and technologies.

27. It is hard to imagine Kansas without wheat, Americans without horses, or spaghetti without tomato sauce.

28. Columbus didn’t just change the world, he inadvertently created one world, where before, there were two.