Comment on Peer's History Head

Hi,

I commented on Hiren's poster for the second part of the History Head assignment. Here is the link to his blog: http://hirenpatelapworld.blogspot.com/

Here is the post --

Hi Hiren,

I liked your project, so I decided to post on your blog.

First off, One thing that was very well done was the drawing that represented the Aryans and the Dravidians fighting against each other (the two castles and the barrage of arrows). I also noticed that you provided excellent examples for each theme.

Next, although the poster looked good to me, some things could be improved. For example, it could have been slightly more organized, maybe the internal/external connecting, layout more organized? Anyways, the next thing that could have been improved is some of the descriptions of your images, for example - number 3 could have been more descriptive.

One similarity that really struck out was the similarities in theme 4 between India and Latin America (what I was assigned). In Latin America, agriculture was extremely important to the development of societies (as it was in many other regions of the world). Your description of your image mentioned the farming of money. In Latin America, Agriculture helped the growth of society and trade, for example,  Cacao beans were used as a form of currency.

One difference I noted was that the growth of religion in India. In India, religion was strongly influential - and your picture showed people working on a community service project for karma. In Latin America, (since the time frame for the project was 8000 B.C.E. - 600 B.C.E.) religion was just  getting into its early stages. For example, the Olmec commoners would gather around ceremonial centers to watch priests perform rituals (not the bloodshed, that was after 600 B.C.E.) - however their motives were unknown.

My question to you is: Do you think the caste system is justified?